Liverpool agree £60m deal for Jeremy Jacquet after hijacking Chelsea move
Liverpool fend off Chelsea to sign new defender
- Liverpool have agreed a £55m deal with Rennes for 20-year-old centre-back Jeremy Jacquet.
- The fee for Jacquet, who was also a Chelsea target, could rise to £60m with add-ons, potentially making him Liverpool's second most expensive defender after Virgil van Dijk.
- Jacquet will move to Anfield in the summer, but will be loaned back to Rennes for the remainder of the current season.
- This signing follows Liverpool's unsuccessful attempt to sign Marc Guehi, whose move broke down on the last day of the summer transfer window.
- The club also explored a loan move for Lutsharel Geertruida for the rest of the season, but deemed the deal too complicated.
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