Inter ‘ready’ to submit another offer for Curtis Jones – their proposed bid is laughable

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According to reports in Italy, Inter Milan are set to table another offer for Curtis Jones in their ongoing pursuit of the Liverpool midfielder.The Serie A champions saw their opening bid of £21.7m knocked back by the Merseyside giants, who’d been holding out for £34m (The Athletic), although there have been indications in recent days that the Reds could accept a lower asking price of £30m for the player.The 25-year-old is understood to be keen on joining the Nerazzurri (Fabrizio Romano) and played no part in any of the three games against Monaco and Como over the past fortnight, although Andoni Iraola attributed his absence to a minor hip injury (The Standard).Inter preparing another offer for JonesOn Wednesday morning, Gazzetta dello Sport reported that Inter are all-in on Jones when it comes to prospective midfield additions, with that single-minded interest reciproated by the Liverpool man, who only wants a move to the San Siro and nowhere else.Cristian Chivu’s side are ‘ready to invest’ with a proposed follow-up offer of €30m (£25.7m) for the Reds’ number 17, who will ‘continue to push’ for his current club to sanction the prospective transfer to go through.The 25-year-old is even claimed to have liked multiple Inter-related posts on social media and followed several Nerazzurri players, and the Serie A giants remain optimistic about completing the deal, even if it goes to the final days of the window.Want more Empire of the Kop coverage? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list for news you can trustLiverpool must hold out for a fair price for JonesLiverpool have been quite generous in reportedly lowering their asking price to £30m, so for Inter to chance their luck with a proposed offer of just over £25m is laughable.Even with Jones into the final year of his contract at Anfield and seemingly yearning for a move to Italy, his rumoured valuation seems bafflingly low for an England international and Premier League champion in his mid-20s with 228 senior games for one of the foremost clubs in world football.Obviously we’d rather not have a situation whereby he walks away on a free transfer next year, but LFC mustn’t allow themselves to be short-changed by the Nerazzurri either as they prepare to attempt another raid for the midfielder.Liverpool shouldn’t accept a penny less than £30m for the 25-year-old, and even that figure seems to undervalue the player in the modern-day transfer market.There’s a strong chance that Jones will leave his boyhood club before the end of the window.

If he does, we just hope that the Reds reap fair value for him and make Inter work for his signature.