Overview
- Multiple outlets reported on May 23 that Inter Milan are actively exploring summer moves for Roma’s Manu Koné and Liverpool’s Curtis Jones as part of a wider midfield overhaul.
- Curtis Jones has one year left on his Liverpool contract and has made no real progress on an extension, so Liverpool are reportedly open to offers and are asking around €40m.
- Roma are said to be prepared to sell Manu Koné to meet end-of-June financial targets, with market valuations for the 25-year-old reported in the region of €40m–€50m and swap-plus-cash proposals under discussion.
- Inter previously pushed to sign Jones in January but talks collapsed when Liverpool requested Denzel Dumfries be included, and the club has already identified Koné as a primary domestic midfield target.
- If either sale goes through, the moves could reshape Inter’s midfield after expected departures such as Davide Frattesi, while Liverpool would gain a homegrown transfer profit that could be used to fund squad changes.