The Anfield academy product is close to joining the Serie A titleholders, with writers offering their assessment of the potential transfer.
Jones may have featured for the Merseyside club for the final time.
While countless youngsters across the region aspire to represent Liverpool, only a privileged handful achieve that ambition. That has been Jones’s reality.
Born in Toxteth, he enrolled with the club at nine years old and broke into the senior side in 2019 during an FA Cup Third Round tie against Wolves.
The central midfielder has since accumulated 228 outings for the club, finding the net 22 times and collecting multiple trophies including two top-flight championships, one FA Cup and two League Cups.
However, Jones has appeared a shadow of his former self over the past year and with negotiations over an extension failing to progress, the Italy-based giants are prepared to conclude his Merseyside spell and begin fresh at their iconic stadium.
Is this beneficial for everyone involved? Our reporters share their views.
Paul Gorst
Following the departures of Mohamed Salah, Andy Robertson and Ibrahima Konate without compensation during the recent window, Liverpool would naturally want to break that concerning pattern.
Retaining Jones, whose body language has appeared increasingly despondent in recent weeks, carried the risk of watching another asset depart as a free agent in 2026.
From that perspective, sanctioning his sale for a relatively modest sum of £30m appears logical. Yet only to a point.
Currently, the club seem to have no concrete intentions to bring in cover for Jones and are pursuing options including Bradley Barcola and potentially additional wide options before the September deadline.
This could present a significant opening for Trey Nyoni, though suggesting he is similar to a new signing would only provoke understandable backlash from fans. They would rightly note that the young midfielder featured regularly throughout last term under Arne Slot.
Admittedly, Nyoni has shown tremendous development and excelled during pre-season fixtures, yet sanctioning Jones’s exit without acquiring an experienced alternative may not represent the most prudent course of action.
Would Jones prove more valuable to Liverpool for the upcoming campaign than receiving £30m for him at a point when the squad already appears thin?
By now, and this threshold was crossed some time ago, Liverpool must cease permitting departures without any apparent strategy to replenish through arrivals.
Everything indicates Liverpool, and sporting director Richard Hughes specifically, will face a hectic final stretch of the transfer window.
The squad remains incomplete, so the wisdom of permitting another seasoned midfield option like Jones to depart for what amounts to a bargain in today’s market raises more concerns than clarity.
Richard Garnett
The situation around Jones’s seemingly imminent Liverpool exit does not particularly surprise me, though my reaction involves conflicting emotions for distinct reasons.
Jones deserves recognition for successfully transitioning from academy prospect to first-team regular, and should he have made his final appearance for the club at 25, he departs with a collection of medals that numerous more celebrated Liverpool performers never managed to secure.
Jones’s disappointment likely stems from the fact that despite those considerable accomplishments, he never managed to establish himself as an undisputed regular under two separate head coaches.
One can sympathise with his frustration at this situation, particularly given Liverpool’s struggles last season, though ultimately I have never considered him quite good enough for guaranteed selection, which leads me to support the managerial decisions on this matter.
With no fresh terms on the table entering his concluding campaign, this outcome appeared increasingly inevitable. Liverpool cannot afford to lose another player without compensation, so capitalising on his value now makes sound business sense.
What this leaves the club without, however, is any genuine senior player representing the local area within the starting eleven. In contemporary football, many will dismiss this significance, though I hold a different perspective.
For me, maintaining local representation in an increasingly international sport carries importance. Otherwise, what does an institution rooted in a specific city for over a century genuinely stand for?
The club’s devoted core support has always celebrated those who progressed from the surrounding area, and following Trent Alexander-Arnold’s exit last term, Jones will leave a notable gap that requires addressing.
Best wishes to him at the prestigious San Siro, though hopefully a new Scouse presence emerges before long.