Gunners icon Paul Merson has opened up and admitted that he is shocked that Jeremy Jacquet refused a move to Chelsea in the January window and instead opted to agree a summer move to Liverpool.
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.
However, Jacquet will remain with Rennes for the remainder of the campaign before joining up with the reigning Premier League champions until the summer, and Merson has opened up and revealed that he was shocked to see that Jacquet made the move to Liverpool and not Chelsea.
‘Yeah, I found that extraordinary that he’s coming in the summer,’ Paul Merson told Sky Sports
‘They need a centre-half in now to fight for the top four or top five. So yeah, it surprises me. I’m majorly shocked. I don’t know why this kid is staying in France until the start of next season,.
‘If you’re paying that amount of money then you’re going, “We want him now, we want him today!”, and that’s the problem.
‘I don’t know if it’s FFP rules, I don’t know if it is that. If that is the reasoning then I understand.’
Jacquet is a good signing for Liverpool and, as a Chelsea fan, I’m shocked that he hasn’t gone to Chelsea,’ Merson – a lifelong fan of Chelsea – added.
‘I know Chelsea have got a lot of centre-backs but I think there’s a lot that need to come in and out of Chelsea in my opinion. But I am glad Acheampong has stayed but I think he’s going to be a proper, proper player that kid.’
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.
It was a shock to see that Chelsea missed out on Jacquet, but the lad must have felt that he would get more opportunities playing for LIVERPOOL than he would at Stamford Bridge.
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