Chelsea Transfers

[mkh 693]

EXCLUSIVE: 🔴🇫🇷

❗️Liverpool is now in pole position to sign Jérémy Jacquet  

➡️ Negotiations are underway to try to reach a final agreement in the coming hours 

✅️ Jérémy Jacquet has already given his 🆗️

(@Santi_j_FM)

[Mário César 1,421]

Just now, mkh said:

EXCLUSIVE: 🔴🇫🇷

❗️Liverpool is now in pole position to sign Jérémy Jacquet  

➡️ Negotiations are underway to try to reach a final agreement in the coming hours 

✅️ Jérémy Jacquet has already given his 🆗️

(@Santi_j_FM)

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[Pizy 19,148]

Regardless of what I think of the player (I don’t see this unreal talent that he’s supposedly is) it would be a terrible look for this board if your primary CB target who you’ve been chasing for weeks goes instead to a direct rival. Would feel like yet another case where we try to low ball another club repeatedly and then someone else comes in with the money that other club is asking for.

 

[bluesman2610 1,425]

1 hour ago, Vesper said:

so YES, we deffo see a pattern

 

Its funny I could have sworn he only wanted to play DM for us and now both at Juve and Villareal they use him as a CB

[mkh 693]

“Chelsea pulled out as they felt they were more than stacked in the defensive position already. 

They decided recalling Sarr was a much better alternative, as the AFCON champion is widely viewed as a similar level talent.

Chelsea will further reassess in the summer”

[Mário César 1,421]

1 minute ago, mkh said:

“Chelsea pulled out as they felt they were more than stacked in the defensive position already. 

They decided recalling Sarr was a much better alternative, as the AFCON champion is widely viewed as a similar level talent.

Chelsea will further reassess in the summer”

eheh same old story

[mkh 693]

🗯EXCLUSIVE: Al Ittihad and Fenerbahçe Istanbul reach agreement in principle for Ngolo Kanté.

(@FabriceHawkins)

🥲

 

[Vesper 30,760]

1 hour ago, Special Juan said:

Sarr was never going to be the answer, he's the cheap answer.

Let's think about things

ok, let's think

here is every right-footed (Sarr is right-footed) and ambipedal (there is only ONE ambipedal, Dean Huijsen) CB on tghye plant valued over £26m on T-Markt

many (not all) of the unavailables we did try to get

in order of valuation (in euros)

strike-throughs are not available

 bold are viable options for me

    
William Saliba 90m
Pau Cubarsí  80m
Dean Huijsen  70m the only ambipedal
Dayot Upamecano 70m (wants HUGE money, in the Guehi range,and turns 28yo, thus making it very hard to stretch out the cost via a long contract, so pass)
Rúben Dias   60m
Cristian Romero  60m  (overrated, pass)
Marc Guéhi  55m (it would have cost us £144.8m to match the Citeh offer (ie fees and salary) for 7.5 years, plus he did not want to come back here from what I have seen)
Leny Yoro    55m
Ilya Zabarnyi 50m
Ibrahima Konaté   50m  (overrated and wants huge money, pass)
Ousmane Diomande  45m (BUT he just renewed until 2030 and his release clause is still £70m, so IF Sporting will not budge on that, it's a pass )
Luka Vuskovic 40m
Jarell Quansah 40m
Malick Thiaw 40m
Matthijs de Ligt 40m 

then all the rest are valued at 35m euros:

Abdukodir Khusanov 
Cristhian Mosquera  
Jan Paul van Hecke  
Edmond Tapsoba pass
Bremer (coming off a horrid injury, and is soon 29yo, pass)
Nathan Collins pass
Bafodé Diakité  pass
Yann Bisseck  pass
Maxence Lacroix pass
Ezri Konsa  
Trevoh Chalobah 

end

so there are only 3 somewhat viable options for me, IMHO, on that list, and none of those 3 are locked down sure things in terms of being potentially better than Mamadou Sarr, and one (Diomande) is crazy money for the transfer fee

THIS is who I would go for (obviously now talking summer 2026) if Jacquet is not doable:

Caicedo LOVES him

[mkh 693]

🔴Liverpool are advancing on a deal for Jacquet. Package of £55m plus £5m under discussion. Chelsea interest remains. 

(@JacobsBen)

[Special Juan 28,536]

We are buckling and Liverpool are stepping up, said this yesterday

We are all foreplay and fuck all penetration

 

 

 

[Pizy 19,148]

We probably thought that since Rennes are a small team and not so wealthy we could swoop in and lowball them with £35-40m like we were told initially. Instead, they stood their ground and stuck to their demand for their record sale.

Now we’ll look like clowns who briefed for weeks that we wanted this player badly and will see him potentially starting for a direct rival for years.

Again, I’m not crazy about Jacquet as if he’s some world class player but if he was your #1 choice and presumably someone that Rosenior knows well and recommended and you don’t get him that’s a terrible look.

[Special Juan 28,536]

JACKET POTATO TO LIVERPOOL IS HERE WE GO

Told you lot yesterday we won't get this through, we are all media talk, giving the fans what they want to hear and we weren't even in the race because we would sooner fetch players from France to save money than bu players

What a shit show, I'm howling at this, it's happening time after time

 

[Special Juan 28,536]

We are an an absolute embarrassment, we can't even secure players anymore 

[Laylabelle 9,638]

2 minutes ago, Pizy said:

We probably thought that since Rennes are a small team and not so wealthy we could swoop in and lowball them with £35-40m like we were told initially. Instead, they stood their ground and stuck to their demand for their record sale.

Now we’ll look like clowns who briefed for weeks that we wanted this player badly and will see him potentially starting for a direct rival for years.

Again, I’m not crazy about Jacquet as if he’s some world class player but if he was your #1 choice and presumably someone that Rosenior knows well and recommended and you don’t get him that’s a terrible look.

Standard these days...manager wants player..manager doesn't get player.

Not surprised this has happened drag it out enough and another team swoop on not messing around and dragging it out clear how it ends.

[chef 54]

Meh, no great loss we need a leftie anyway. Sarr and AA already can occupy the right. 

£60m on something we dont desperately need seems like a huge waste.

[Pizy 19,148]

Fabrizio: “remember everyone, watch out for Chelsea these last days of the window. They’re going to be very BUSY. Not just a CB but also maybe midfielder and attacker!”

In reality, busy = sending out a bunch of ultra fringe players who weren’t close to the first team out on loan and recalling a CB who may not even get into the team ahead of dogshit Badiashile and Tosin.

 

[mkh 693]

Deal between Liverpool and Rennes for Jérémy Jacquet. €72M bonuses included.

[@FabriceHawkins]

[iceboy 1,043]

Off to Liverpool. DONE DEAL.

[Vesper 30,760]

4 minutes ago, mkh said:

Deal between Liverpool and Rennes for Jérémy Jacquet. €72M bonuses included.

[@FabriceHawkins]

Liverpool reach €72m agreement with Rennes to sign Jérémy Jacquet

https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2026/liverpool-reach-e72m-agreement-with-rennes-to-sign-jeremy-jacquet/

Liverpool and Rennes have reached a €72m agreeement over the signing of France U21 international centre-back Jérémy Jacquet (20), according to RMC Sport’s Fabrice Hawkins. The highly-rated 20-year-old centre-back will join the Reds in the summer after rejoining Rennes on loan to see out the remainder of the Ligue 1 campaign with Stade Rennais.

Rennes have reportedly agreed to a €72m total transfer package, which would beat Rennes’ previous club-record sale of €64m-rated Jérémy Doku to Manchester City back in 2024. According to Fabrizio Romano, Jacquet has also agreed personal terms with Arne Slot’s Liverpool FC.

In Liverpool, Jacquet could reunite with fellow Frenchmen Hugo Ekitike and Ibrahima Konaté. Although the former RB Leipzig is out of contract next June, it would not be a stretch so consider Jacquet as the replacement for Konaté.

GFFN | Bastien Cheval

EXCLUSIVE Deal between Liverpool and Rennes for Jérémy Jacquet. €72M bonuses included. The center-back would be loaned out immediately to Rennes until the end of the season. Jacquet must give his approval. Liverpool is on the verge of winning its battle with Chelsea for Jérémy Jacquet.

@RMCsport

[Vesper 30,760]

it is pretty crazy that Pool are paying £62.3m (the highest number quoted yet the whole long drawn-out time between them and us and Rennes that I have seen) and NOT even getting the lad NOW