French defender Jeremy Jacquet has revealed that he is very honored to have signed for Liverpool, after the Premier League giants beat off Chelsea to secure the signing of the talented Rennes star.
Chelsea had been exploring a bid for Jacquet and appeared to make a significant breakthrough in their move as they agreed personal terms with the 20-year-old earlier in the January transfer window.
Jacquet has established himself as one of the most promising young defenders in French football in recent months and was heavily linked with Arsenal last summer, but in the final few days of the transfer window, LIVERPOOL struck a stunning deal for the youngster, worth around worth £55million plus £5m in add-ons, blowing their rivals out of the water.
But Jacquet will remain with Rennes for the remainder of the campaign before joining up with Liverpool in the summer window, and after the announcement was made, Jacquet has revealed that he honored to join Liverpool.
In a statement released on his behalf by Rennes, he said: “I am honoured to sign for Liverpool, one of the greatest football institutions in the world.
“It was also very important for me to finish my time in red and black on a high, at my boyhood club, the club of my heart.
“I’m approaching this second half of the season with the desire to experience some great moments with my teammates and the fans.”
IcFootballnews Says…
£60 million is alot of money to splash on someone that ha snot really done that much in the game, it is a massive risk from LIVERPOOL to splash this amount of money when they could have got Marc Guehi for just £30 million earlier in the transfer window.
The lad is very talented and could be the immediate replacement for Ibrihim Konate, who is out of contract at the end of the season, but playing for Liverpool not means that he has a whole load of pressure on his shoulders.
This is a risky decision from Liverpool that is for sure.
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