{"id":347254,"date":"2026-01-02T00:36:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T00:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/347254\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T00:36:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T00:36:14","slug":"man-utd-join-arsenal-liverpool-in-transfer-race-for-rennes-defender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/347254\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd join Arsenal, Liverpool in transfer race for Rennes defender?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester United<\/a> are reportedly keeping a close eye on Rennes<\/a> defender\u00a0Jeremy Jacquet<\/a>, although signing a defensive midfielder is their top priority in the January window.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Crystal Palace showed interest in signing the 20-year-old centre-back during the summer window, but the French club wanted to keep hold of the defender for the 2025-26 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Premier League leaders Arsenal<\/a> have recently been linked<\/a> with a move for Jacquet, although Mikel Arteta<\/a> has signed a number of defenders during his time in charge.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Liverpool<\/a> are also reportedly keeping tabs on the\u00a0France Under-21 international’s progress, as they need a new centre-back with Ibrahima Konate<\/a>‘s future remaining up in the air.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Man Utd in the hunt for Rennes youngster?\u00a0
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\u00a9 Imago \/ Ricardo Larreina Amador<\/p>\n

According to a report from Sky Sports News<\/a>, the Red Devils are among several clubs showing keen interest in Jacquet, who has signed a contract extension until 2029.<\/p>\n

The report claims that luring the defender away from the club is difficult in January, but potential suitors could accelerate the process if other clubs join the race.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Red Devils are primarily looking to bolster their midfield and attacking areas, with the futures of Kobbie Mainoo and Joshua Zirkzee<\/a> in doubt.\u00a0<\/p>\n

However, they could look to sign a new centre-back as a potential long-term replacement for Harry Maguire<\/a>, and investing in a young talent like Jacquet makes sense.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Could Arsenal and Liverpool make a serious effort?\u00a0
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\u00a9 Imago \/ Mark Pain<\/p>\n

Arsenal have a solid squad, and despite losing some key players to injury this season, they have never looked in crisis.<\/p>\n

William Saliba, Gabriel Magalhaes, Cristhian Mosquera, Ben White, Jurrien Timber, Riccardo Calafiori and Piero Hincapie are all capable of playing at centre-back, and it will be an embarrassment of riches if the Gunners add another centre-back to their ranks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Liverpool are in need of a new defender following the season-long injury to Giovanni Leoni, and they have been linked with a move for Joel Ordonez<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Reds have been heavily linked with a move for Crystal Palace defender Marc Guehi, but it is unclear whether they would move for him in the January window.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United are reportedly keeping a close eye on Rennes defender\u00a0Jeremy Jacquet, although signing a defensive midfielder is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347255,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[4985,5906,218,372,5904,3553,5905,221,5903,217,101,3022,5907,118,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-347254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-cycling","tag-epl","tag-football","tag-formula-1","tag-golf","tag-nfl","tag-olympics","tag-premier-league","tag-rugby","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-sports-mole","tag-teams","tag-tennis","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347254"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347254\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}