Liverpool could start preseason with Jérémy Jacquet and Geovanni Leoni as the only senior center backs available to Arne Slot—a boost in one sense because both players are in the final stages of recovering from long-term injury, but it also serves to highlight an alarming lack of depth in a crucial position.
Jacquet suffered a serious shoulder injury within a week of agreeing a pre-arranged transfer to Liverpool in February worth up to $80.4 million (£60 million) and hasn’t played since. The Athletic report that the 20-year-old Frenchman is expected to be ready for the planned start of Liverpool’s preseason program in early July, and that rehab since his surgery has gone well.
