Rumour Mongering: Jacquet on Liverpool Shortlist

Journalist Lewis Steele has penned a column diving into Liverpool FC’s switch exercise, and there’s all types of fascinating tidbits. Particularly, Rennes’ 20-year-old centre-back Jérémy Jacquet, presently the topic of a bid from Chelsea, has been revealed to be on each Liverpool and Bayern Munich’s shortlists.

On Liverpool’s centre-back plans, Steele wrote:

“There may have been a number of progress, simply all within the background and that is all the time the case for high golf equipment. Centre again goal lists will likely be being drawn up as this place is seen as a precedence.”

Information had damaged over the previous week that Chelsea have been pursuing the participant and it appeared like each events had shortly agreed private phrases, however based on Fabrizio Romano, the deal now appears tough on account of Chelsea solely desirous to spend round £35m-£40m + add ons however Rennes are insisting on a membership document sale value surpassing that of Jeremy Doku’s €60m payment. Rennes are reportedly demanding that payment not solely from Chelsea, so ought to the transfer fail, suitors in the summertime must be ready for that determine.

Elsewhere Steele additionally notes that:

I’m a tough move on Van de Ven. He’s clearly a very good participant however these hamstrings are product of paper. Additionally, a 41% aerial win charge is… um, yeah.

Jacquet appears to tick extra of the packing containers of a centre-back Liverpool would often search for, much more so than somebody like Marc Guehi. Six foot two, good within the air and along with his ft, capable of cowl area, he would match the invoice for a Liverpool backline that should get youthful in preparation for captain Virgil van Dijk’s eventual departure or retirement, with the apparent caveat that it’s £60m for a relatively uncooked bundle and restricted pattern dimension for the time being and a relatively huge if he’s nonetheless at Rennes in the summertime.

There have been rumours of Liverpool making contact with Wharton’s representatives in November, however this looks like a transfer that may solely occur if certainly one of Liverpool’s midfielders go. There have been rumblings of Liverpool renewing their three core midfielders in Dominik Szoboszlai, Ryan Gravenberch and Alexis Mac Allister, however reportedly the final of them is of the least precedence. Not that huge a shock contemplating his type, and that he has been of curiosity to Actual Madrid over the previous yr or so.