Where €35m Curtis Jones fits into Inter’s stacked midfield department

Curtis Jones is expected to land in Italy by the end of the week to complete his transfer from Liverpool to Inter, but where will the Englishman fit into a midfield department that was already overflowing with viable starting options?

Where will Jones play for Inter?

Jones, 25, is expected to travel to Milan on Friday to complete the final formalities of a transfer to Inter after the Nerazzurri closed a deal worth €35m including bonuses on Wednesday. 

He will become Inter’s fifth new signing of the summer, following the activation of Aleksandar Stankovic’s buy-back option and the permanent additions of Djed Spence, John Stones and Ivan Provedel. 

Jones is joining a midfield department at Inter that already includes Italy international Nicolo Barella, Turkey captain Hakan Calhanoglu, trusted veteran Henrikh Mkhitaryan, 2025-26 break-out star Petar Sucic, the ever-reliable Piotr Zielinski, the versatile Andy Diouf and the aforementioned Stankovic. 

That leaves Chivu with eight potential starting midfielders to choose from for his 3-5-2 system. 

According to La Gazzetta dello Sport, Jones is still expected to be part of Inter’s ‘first-choice’ midfield three, likely on the left-hand side with Barella in his usual role on the right and Calhanoglu as the deep-lying playmaker. 

Jones is more than capable of deputising for Barella on the right-hand side of a back three and given that he has occasionally filled in at right-back with Liverpool, there have been suggestions that he could pop up at right wing-back in an emergency for Inter as well.