CHELSEA had explored a bid for Jacquet and appeared to make a major breakthrough in their move when they agreed personal terms with the 20-year-old earlier in the January transfer window.
Jacquet has developed himself into one of the most promising young defenders in French football in recent months and was closely 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 £55m plus £5m in add-ons, blowing their rivals out of the water.
However, Jacquet will remain at Rennes for the remainder of the season before joining the reigning Premier League champions until the summer. Merson has opened up and revealed he was shocked to see Jacquet make the move to Liverpool and not Chelsea.
“Yes, I thought it was special that he came in the summer,” Paul Merson told Sky Sports
‘They now need a centre-back to challenge for the top four or top five. So yeah, I’m surprised. I am extremely shocked. I don’t know why this boy stays in France until the beginning of next season.
‘When you pay that amount you think: “We want it now, we want it today!”, and that’s the problem.
‘I don’t know if it’s FFP rules, I don’t know if it is. If that’s the reasoning, then I understand it.’
Jacquet is a good signing for Liverpool and as a player for the club CHELSEA fan, I’m shocked he didn’t go to Chelsea,” Merson – a lifelong Chelsea fan – added.
“I know Chelsea have a lot of centre-backs, but I think in my opinion there needs to be a lot coming in and out of Chelsea. But I’m glad Acheampong stayed, but I think he’s going to be a real, good player, that boy.’
IcFootballnews says…
£60 million is a lot of money to drop on someone who hasn’t done much in the game. It’s a huge risk LIVERPOOL to squander this amount when they could have gotten Marc Guehi for just £30 million earlier in the transfer window.
It was a shock to see Chelsea miss Jacquet, but the boy must have felt he would get more opportunities at Liverpool than at Stamford Bridge.
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