Liverpool have agreed to sign Jeremy Jacquet from Rennes at the end of the season.
Liverpool-bound Jeremy Jacquet may not play again this season, reports suggest.
The Reds agreed to sign the centre-back from Rennes on winter transfer deadline day for a fee worth up to £60 million.
Part of the arrangement was that Jacquet would remain at Rennes for the rest of the season to continue his development. But in his game after penning terms with Liverpool, the 20-year-old suffered a shoulder injury in a 3-1 loss to RC Lens.
Habib Beye, the Rennes head coach who was sacked after the defeat, admitted that Jacquet’s issue was serious. "For Jeremy, it's his shoulder, and for Abdelhamid [Ait Boudlal, the other Rennes player injured] it's muscular," Beye said in his post-match interview. We'll have time to see, but it's definitely quite serious for both of them."
Liverpool will want to see Jacquet back to fitness as quickly as possible so he can get more games under his belt before making the switch to Anfield. Rennes face Auxerre on Sunday, with Jacquet still out. And according to CI Armorique reporter François Rauzy, there are fears whether Jacquet will be back by the end of the campaign. He posted on X: “Aït-Boudlal and Seidu are fit for the trip to Auxerre, Blas too despite his absence from this morning’s session. Kamara and Frankowski are out, just like Jacquet, whose return before the end of the season is not guaranteed. Discussions ongoing with Liverpool on the health status of Jacquet and the next steps to follow regarding the central defender.”
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