Supporters of acute accents rejoice! Rennes’ Jérémy Jacquet is on his way to Liverpool after the Premier League champions won the tug of war with just about every other side in England for the 20-year-old centre-back. After missing out on Marc Guéhi for just £20m, Liverpool will pay £55m up front (plus £5m in add-ons) and became the preferred bidders with the France Under-21 international not joining until the summer.
Speaking of young defenders from France, Chelsea have been linked with Tylel Tati, who, surprisingly, doesn’t play for Strasbourg, but Nantes. The 18-year-old would cost around £26m).
