Liverpool have officially confirmed the arrival of Jeremy Jacquet from Rennes, while a stunning report claims Virgil van Dijk is \u2018very close\u2019 to joining Galatasaray.<\/p>\n
Liverpool<\/a> pre-agreed Jacquet\u2019s arrival back in early-February, with the talented French centre-half due to link up with his new teammates at Anfield in the summer.<\/p>\n That time has now come, with the Reds officially confirming on Wednesday morning that 20-year-old Jacquet has put pen to paper and completed his transfer.<\/p>\n A club statement<\/a> read: \u2018Liverpool have completed the signing of defender Jeremy Jacquet from Stade Rennais on a long-term contract, subject to international clearance.<\/p>\n \u2018The Reds agreed a deal to bring the Frenchman to the club earlier this year and the transfer is set to be ratified in the coming days.\u2019<\/p>\n Jacquet\u2019s squad number is still to be confirmed, though what is known are the finer details of his deal.<\/p>\n Jacquet has cost Liverpool a \u00a360m package compromising \u00a355m plus \u00a35m in add-ons.<\/p>\n He\u2019s signed a five-year contract with an option for a sixth season, meaning he\u2019s effectively under Liverpool\u2019s control until the summer of 2032.<\/p>\n Want more breaking news and transfer lines from original sources? Add TEAMtalk as a preferred source on Google <\/a>to your favourites list for news you can trust.<\/p>\n Virgil van Dijk joining Galatasaray?<\/p>\n Jacquet\u2019s arrival coincides with Ibrahima Konate\u2019s exit via free agency to Real Madrid.<\/p>\n With one Frenchman in and one Frenchman out, Liverpool\u2019s centre-back corps now consists of Virgil van Dijk<\/a>, Joe Gomez, Jacquet and Giovanni Leoni.<\/p>\n However, a stunning report out of Turkey claims Liverpool captain Van Dijk could call time on his Reds career this window<\/a>.<\/p>\n The report claimed Van Dijk, 34, is \u2018very close\u2019, and went on to clarify that\u2019s in relation to joining Turkish champions Galatasaray.<\/p>\n Initial contacts with the Dutchman\u2019s agent and camp have reportedly been established and were said to be \u2018positive\u2019.<\/p>\n However, it\u2019s important to stress elements of the Turkish press are known for being particularly speculative when it comes to transfer news.<\/p>\n MORE LIVERPOOL COVERAGE ON TEAMTALK\u2026 It would be a monumental surprise to see Liverpool sanction Van Dijk\u2019s exit, especially at a time where two of their four recognised centre-halves are so young and inexperienced (Jacquet \u2013 20, Leoni \u2013 19).<\/p>\n What\u2019s more, Van Dijk remains one of the very best in the world despite his advancing age and put bluntly, he\u2019s far too good to be accepting a move outside of one of Europe\u2019s major leagues at this stage in his career.<\/p>\n There\u2019s also the issue of having to finance a replacement at a time when Liverpool are preparing to spend big on one and potentially two more wingers after Victor Munoz.<\/p>\n With Yan Diomande choosing PSG, Liverpool are fixing their gaze on Bradley Barcola who is valued by the Parisians at more than the \u00a3116m Liverpool paid when signing Florian Wirtz from Bayer Leverkusen last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool have officially confirmed the arrival of Jeremy Jacquet from Rennes, while a stunning report claims Virgil van…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":527532,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[912,114589,914,42,1101,43,3106,1102,40,38,41,39,915,27030],"class_list":["post-527531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-all-the-news","tag-confirmed-transfers","tag-front-page","tag-headlines","tag-liverpool","tag-news","tag-popular","tag-premier-league","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-transfer-news","tag-virgil-van-dijk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=527531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/527532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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