France World Cup winner Christophe Dugarry has congratulated Rennes for managing to tempt a ‘sucker’ like Liverpool into spending such a ‘ridiculous’ fee on Jeremy Jacquet after the Reds agreed a fee of £60 million for the defender.
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.
It is a fee that the likes of Chelsea did not want to pay, as the Blues only wanted to pay around the 443 million mark, so after seeing Liverpool agree £60 million for Jacquet, Dugarry has opened up and congratulated Rennes for managing to tempt a ‘sucker’ like Liverpool into spending such a ‘ridiculous’ fee.
He said: ‘This isn’t meant to offend the player, honestly, he’s not to blame at all, and we wish him all the best because he’s a good player. But when you have suckers like that… well done to Rennes
‘Rennes managed to find a sucker like Liverpool that was [willing to pay] €70 million (£60m).’
‘Let them continue, all these English clubs, sending tens of millions of euros,’ the 1998 World Cup champion added.
‘This isn’t just a two-tiered football situation anymore, it’s a football that’s lost its mind.
‘Let’s stop trying to pretend there’s a justification for it. There’s no justification whatsoever. Poor Jacquet, this transfer is going to put a lot of pressure on him,’ he went on.
‘Even him, the poor kid, who is certainly a very good player, is going to arrive with so much pressure. His performances will be viewed differently, even though he doesn’t deserve it.
‘Those of us who know football, let’s not try to justify this amount by saying it’s because LIVERPOOL has money or whatever. It’s meaningless!
Dugarry concluded: ‘I don’t know what’s going on. It’s ridiculous! No, it’s not supply and demand. It’s ridiculous! It’s ridiculous!’
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