Curtis Jones Facing Uncertain Future At Liverpool As £35m Valuation Raises Transfer Questions
Curtis Jones has always carried a different kind of Liverpool story. Local, academy made, technically gifted and often trusted when others are unavailable, he should be one of the cleaner squad decisions of the summer. Instead, as Lewis Steele told Dave Davis on Anfield Index’s Media Matters, “there’s something not right with with the Curtis Jones situation.”
With one year left on his Liverpool contract and a reported £35m valuation now part of the conversation, Jones’ future feels more uncertain than settled.
Curtis Jones situation feels uneasy
Steele’s response was immediate and revealing. “Yeah, there there’s something not right with with the Curtis Jones situation,” he said. He repeated the point, adding: “There’s definitely something not right there.”
That was not presented as a final verdict, but it did capture the mood. Jones scored on the final day, yet Steele did not see the celebration of a player entirely at ease.
Body language adds to Liverpool doubts
Steele was careful not to overplay amateur interpretation, but his description was striking. Jones “doesn’t seem very happy at all from body language and what he says and what he does,” he told Davis.
He then put the moment into Liverpool terms. Jones is “a boiled Liverpool fan”, and after scoring “in front of the Kop”, Steele said he looked “like he’s just been given some bad news”.
That line lands because it speaks to more than transfer mechanics. Liverpool supporters understand what a goal at the Kop end should mean to a player like Jones. If the emotion looked flat, it naturally feeds the sense that the summer may bring movement.
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Inter Milan interest remains relevant
Steele confirmed the Inter Milan angle plainly. “Inter want him as we know,” he said, before adding that “Liverpool want a lot of money as we know”.
That is where the £35m valuation becomes central. Liverpool may have a number in mind, but Steele drew on recent history to suggest they do not always land the prices they initially quote. “They also wanted a lot of money with numerous other players last summer and didn’t quite get it,” he said.
On Jones specifically, Steele was clear: “They’re not going to get £35 million no but they might get £20 million or £25 million if if in put that on the table.”
Clubs like Inter Milan, and Tottenham Hotspur from the January interest mentioned around Jones, will know the contract situation matters. A year left changes leverage. It does not make Jones cheap, but it does make £35m harder to defend.
England snub may influence decision
Steele also looked at the footballing logic from Jones’ perspective. He noted that Jones has “played pretty much every game the last five or six”, but warned he “can’t let that cloud the fact that when everyone’s fit, he doesn’t play.”
That is the issue. Jones may be useful to Liverpool, but is he central enough to stay, especially at this point in his career? Steele added that Jones has “just been snubbed for an England squad for a World Cup” and is “not very close to the England squad right now”.
His conclusion was cautious but firm: “I wouldn’t be surprised at all if Curtis does want to go.”