{"id":377466,"date":"2026-01-18T21:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T21:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/377466\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T21:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T21:05:09","slug":"jeremy-jacquet-transfer-news-chelsea-in-talks-for-rennes-defender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/377466\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Jacquet transfer news: Chelsea in talks for Rennes defender"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chelsea<\/a> have held talks to sign Rennes centre-back Jeremy Jacquet during the winter transfer window.<\/p>\n

The Blues have spoken to both Rennes and the 20-year-old’s agent over a January move but are currently being quoted more than \u00a360m to secure a deal this month.<\/p>\n

The France Under-21 international is known to be interested in the move although BBC Sport understands there is substantial rival interest. <\/p>\n

The talks follow an internal decision at Stamford Bridge to bring forward plans to sign a centre-back by six months, instead of waiting until the summer.<\/p>\n

Alternative options will also be considered. There is reported interest in Como defender Jacabo Ramon \u2013 who is also attracting attention from Real Madrid \u2013 and Bournemouth<\/a>‘s Marcos Senesi.<\/p>\n

Senesi, whose contract expires at the end of the season, is also a Juventus target, while the south-coast club have yet to receive any formal contact from Chelsea<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chelsea<\/a> had previously explored signing a centre-back for former manager Enzo Maresca last summer, but key target Dean Huijsen opted to join Real Madrid.<\/p>\n

Other options were assessed but Chelsea<\/a> did not believe they could find a suitable alternative, contributing to one of Maresca’s early frustrations that eventually played a part in his mid-season departure.<\/p>\n

The desire to sign a ball-playing centre-back came after Levi Colwill sustained a serious knee injury in pre-season, although his recovery is progressing well and there is optimism he will feature later in the campaign. He remains central to Chelsea<\/a>‘s long-term plans.<\/p>\n

There is also growing expectation that both Trevoh Chalobah and Tosin Adarabioyo will reach a crossroads in the summer, when they will have two years remaining on their contracts and either sign new deals or face the possibility of being sold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea have held talks to sign Rennes centre-back Jeremy Jacquet during the winter transfer window. The Blues have…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377467,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-377466","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377466","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=377466"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377466\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}