Liverpool target considered “too expensive” as Fabrizio Romano shares troubling update | OneFootball

Inter Milan could look to sign Djed Spence if Tottenham were to make a potential deal more palatable for the Serie A champions.

Fabrizio Romano reports on X (formerly Twitter) that the Italian giants currently see the right-back as “too expensive”.

Liverpool, who were mentioned as a potential suitor, are reportedly understood not to be working on a deal for the England international at the present time.

Inter could deal double blow to Liverpool this summer

It’s worth emphasising that this all depends on Tottenham providing more favourable conditions – which will certainly ring a bell for Liverpool fans around Inter’s pursuit of Curtis Jones.

In both cases, it currently seems unlikely that either club will budge on their respective asking prices.

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Understandably so, we might add, given that Spence and Jones are understood to be valued at £35m and £34m respectively. Perfectly reasonable price points in what has been an inflated market – certainly as far as Premier League-based assets are concerned.

Yet, if Christian Chivu’s men do end up pulling the trigger on both options, it would see Liverpool not only further trim down an already thin squad, but lose a perfectly acceptable potential squad option in the Spurs right-back.

Djed Spence can fix a pressing issue for Liverpool

The problem we have with Liverpool’s approach to the summer window is that we seem to be taking an unacceptable level of risk on the basis that we’ll have a relatively complete squad “when everyone is fit”.

That’s all well and good when there are a couple of key injuries to bear in mind, but we’re currently looking at a situation where Hugo Ekitike is practically a write-off for 2026/27 and there are a multitude of holes in the squad.

Jeremy Jacquet, for instance, may turn up for our final pre-season encounter with Como, but the Frenchman hasn’t had a serious run of minutes since picking up his shoulder injury last term. Between injuries to Joe Gomez, Conor Bradley, and Giovanni Leoni, Liverpool are currently relying on three players (Virgil van Dijk, Ronald Araujo, and Jeremie Frimpong) to hold the fort with minimal or questionable backup.

You can get away with this in Europe when you’re a PSG and the league title is basically a foregone conclusion – not in England when every single game is competitive.

Additionally, it would be horrendously negligent to ask Andoni Iraola to commit to a more intense, demanding style of play without the bodies in the squad to ensure we can absorb any potential injuries.

And let’s be honest, there are going to be injuries this season, no matter how optimistically Richard Hughes and Co. look at it.

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