Bayern Munich were in the race to sign Jeremey Jacquet during the January transfer window.
Bayern Munich director of sport Max Eberl has confirmed that the club were interested in signing Liverpool-bound Jeremy Jacquet.
The Reds have agreed to purchase the Rennes centre-back for up to £60 million in the summer transfer window. Jacquet, 19, has remained at the French club for the rest of the season to continue his development.
Liverpool head coach Arne Slot admitted that other clubs were keen on signing the France under-21s international. Bayern Munich were among those linked, as well as Premier League rivals Chelsea.
Bayern recently announced that they tied Dayot Upamecano down to a new deal. The defender’s contract was due to expire in the summer and was linked with Liverpool.
Eberl claimed that giving Upemacano a pay rise made more sense than splashing out a significant transfer fee for Jacquet. Speaking to SPORT1, he said: “Of course, the contract extensions cost money. But it costs even more if I have to buy players of the quality of Joshua Kimmich, Jamal Musiala, Alphonso Davies, or Dayot Upamecano – if you can even find them.”
“For example, Jérémy Jacquet from Stade Rennes would have been a great player for us. But when we see that he’s going to Liverpool at the age of 19 for a reported €70 million, we have to consider what’s best for Bayern Munich.”
“And our answer was to pursue Dayot’s contract extension. He knows the club, is in his prime, and is one of the best centre-backs in the world. From both a sporting and financial perspective, it’s the right decision. That’s why I’m calling it an ‘internal transfer’.”
On the signing of Jacquet, Slot said: “Very pleasing, of course, because first of all he is a very big talent – and maybe even more than ‘only’ a talent, but we speak about talent because of his age, of course.
“Second of all because we weren’t the only one interested in him, so another big compliment for the people that are working every single day so hard to sign players, that we were able to sign such a big talent.
“And [it is] another example of the model we are using at this club: so, young, very talented players, sometimes in the start of their career, sometimes already a little bit a few years into their career, but always players that are young and can improve us and help us for the short, but definitely also for the long term.
“We have signed a lot of them recently and I’ve said many times that the mid- to long-term, but even the short-term, future of this club is in a very, very, very good place.”
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