Who Liverpool now think Curtis Jones will be playing for next year as Inter Milan laughed off
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Liverpool are expecting Curtis Jones to stay and play for the Reds next season after rejecting a bid from Inter Milan.The Scouser had looked likely to leave his boyhood club this summer after failing to make progress on negotiations over a new contract.Inter have had a strong interest in Jones since January, and on Sunday they finally made their move, bidding £21.7m to take him to Italy. Now the fixtures have been revealed, do you think Liverpool will win the Premier League in 26/27?
Credit: Nikki Dyer/LFC/Liverpool FC/Getty Images However, as journalist Dominic King reports, Liverpool have no interest in selling Jones for such a low fee and now think he’ll stay at Anfield instead.Liverpool anticipate Jones stayAlthough anything under £25-30m does feel especially low to sell Jones, it does need to be remembered that the 25-year-old is out of contract in a year’s time.As a result, Liverpool do not hold a great deal of power in this negotiation. Nevertheless, King posted on X on Sunday evening to claim that the Reds think Jones will head into the final year of his deal with them and are happy for him to do that.“Liverpool anticipate Curtis Jones will be with them next season; Inter Milan had indicated they wanted to buy him for £20m but Liverpool’s value is £35m.
The club are more than happy for him to stay,” said the journalist.Photo by Naomi Baker/Getty ImagesREAD MORE: Liverpool’s new position on selling Curtis Jones proves Richard Hughes will repeat frustrating mistakeExpanding on the story for The Telegraph, King says that Andoni Iraola is expected to give chances to Jones, who, having missed out on England’s World Cup squad, will return to Liverpool for day one of pre-season in July.There is said to be potential over a new contract for the midfielder, but that is said to be something which will be tackled later in the year.In the meantime, Liverpool are claimed to have made it clear that they will not be doing business with Inter unless they come back with a much higher offer.Despite their expectation that Jones will now stay for another season at least, Liverpool reportedly value the academy graduate at £35m, and it seems that if Inter – or anybody else – meets this asking price, the Scouser will potentially still be sold. Join Our NewsletterReceive a digest of our best Liverpool content each week direct to your mailbox