Inter Milan's "Curtis Jones era" underway as Italian media lavish praise on ex-Liverpool midfielder

By Ben Knapton | 06 Sep 2026 10:34, Last updated: 06 Sep 2026 10:45

An aboriginal contender for Serie A crippled of the play emerged connected Saturday evening, erstwhile champions Inter Milan dramatically came from 2-0 down to flooded Napoli 3-2 astatine San Siro.

Cristian Chivu's charges conceded 2 quickfire goals to Matteo Politano and Rasmus Hojlund soon aft fractional time, though Lautaro Martinez chopped the shortage successful fractional to springiness the holders hope.

Napoli entered the last 10 minutes of mean clip inactive clinging connected to their constrictive advantage, but Marcus Thuram levelled matters successful the 82nd minute, earlier Martinez snatched triumph for the Nerazzurri successful wounded time.

Ex-Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones played a relation successful Inter's second-half turnaround, coming connected astatine fractional clip for Petar Sucic and completing 89% of his passes, portion besides creating 1 chance.

The Englishman besides won 5 of his 9 duels, made 4 recoveries and registered 3 antiaircraft contributions astatine San Siro, earning a mean level of praise from Italian media successful the process.

What person the Italian media said astir Curtis Jones?

Jones was fixed a 6/10 standing from Corriere Della Sara, who highlighted "the close transverse astatine the close time", arsenic it was his transportation into the container which sparked penalty-box pinball and yet led to Martinez's winner.

Meanwhile, FCInter1908 led with the enactment 'Jones? Makes his beingness felt...", after Gazzetta's stellar appraisal of his debut against Cagliari, highlighting the Englishman's "sheer unit of personality".

Jones's "audacity" was besides heralded by the Italian outlet, who labelled the erstwhile Liverpool antheral a "truly talented individual" and called connected Chivu to find him a spot successful the starting XI.

The midfielder's eye-catching debut against Cagliari the commencement of the "Jones era" astatine Inter Milan, according to Gazzetta, who besides labelled him 'exuberant' and 'fearless' adjacent earlier helium helped crook the tide against Napoli.

Curtis Jones reacts to Inter Milan comeback victory

Jones besides spoke to the Italian property aft making a captious publication against Napoli, dispelling the conception that Serie A is "boring" and besides talking up Chivu arsenic a cardinal origin successful his determination to permission Liverpool.

"Some radical accidental Serie A is boring and the Premier League isn’t, but you didn’t spot that today," Football Italia quotes Jones arsenic saying. "There are large coaches present and truthful overmuch tactics. Today was a beauteous lucifer with plentifulness of chances, and the manager made respective tactical adjustments that helped america win. Italian teams ne'er surrender, it was a existent spectacle.

"There’s a crushed I came here: the telephone calls we had, however the squad plays, his [Chivu's] tactical ideas, and however helium works each azygous day. It’s the tiny things helium says, things that mightiness look insignificant but extremity up having a monolithic impact. Plus, helium has immense acquisition and played astatine the highest level himself.

“He’s managed the squad brilliantly. He’s ‘one of us,’ and to me, that’s fundamental. He’s passionate and profoundly loves this game, conscionable similar I do. That’s wherefore he’s starring a nine similar this, and he’s doing a fantastic job.”

Jones has present enactment his sanction successful the chapeau for a starting relation erstwhile Inter look Real Madrid successful the Champions League connected Tuesday night.