Transfer deadline day: Liverpool news has been busier than anticipated in the last 24 hours, with Lutsharel Geertruida chased initially before a deal was done for Jeremy Jacquet
Richard Hughes and Arne Slot.(Image: Getty Images)
Suddenly, the transfer window has sprung into life for Liverpool. With the clock ticking toward the deadline, a deal has been agreed — but not one that will go through before the summer.
Jeremy Jacquet is expected to become a Liverpool player then, with a deal understood to have been thrashed out with Rennes for the 20-year-old. The Reds have agreed to pay an initial $75 million (£55 million) for the player, with a further $7 million (£5 million) coming in potential add-ons.
Rennes has long been insistent that Jacquet would not be allowed to leave this month, even with Chelsea keen and Bayern Munich also keeping an eye on things.
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Liverpool was prepared to pay the required financial package and, crucially, to remain patient. The Reds are lacking defensive options right now, but are thinking long-term.
Jacquet is a very highly rated center-back, and he has plenty of senior experience despite only being 20. In recent windows, Liverpool has looked at the likes of Dean Huijsen (now at Real Madrid) and Leny Yoro (who chose Manchester United), but missed out.
It did sign Giovanni Leoni from Parma, who is a very big talent for the future, but he, of course, has missed pretty much the whole of the season through injury, having only played once.
Jeremy Jacquet of Stade Rennais(Image: Neal Simpson/Allstar/Getty Images)
Jacquet would be in a similar mold, with no news yet on whether Ibrahima Konate will be extending his contract and Virgil van Dijk not getting any younger. Center-back is an area of severe need and this should go a long way to sorting it out.
Elsewhere, there was interest in Curtis Jones from Inter Milan, but Liverpool never had any intention of losing players this month. Quite simply, it couldn’t even think about becoming even lighter in a key department.
Andy Robertson drew interest from Spurs, but a similar conclusion was reached there. Liverpool was open to having a conversation about letting him go to get more game time, but ultimately couldn’t sanction an exit.
Lewis Koumas and Luke Chambers have made good loan moves to Hull City and Charlton, respectively — the latter impressed on his debut this weekend — while Liverpool has also signed Mor Talla Ndiaye as one for the future.
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He and Ifeanyi Ndukwe, who came in from Burnley and made his debut last week, are for the U21s set-up, where Liverpool was also light on center-backs.
Lutsharel Geertruida was looked into as an option, but it appears that Sunderland has blocked that move because it hasn’t been able to line up a replacement. The versatile Dutchman would have been on a short-term loan deal.
If Liverpool has to get through to the end of the season with the options that it has, it will be taking a risk with its Champions League status. One or two more injuries could prove very costly.
However, the Jacquet deal is one that encapsulates its general policy: it is better to wait and sign the right player than get someone who isn’t the right fit. Ideally, it would have been able to get Geertruida — who made plenty of sense — as well, but that doesn’t appear likely from here.