Chelsea are pushing ahead with a deal to try to signal Jeremy Jacquet from Rennes, and Simon Johnson’s piece for as we speak has some attention-grabbing data on the deal.
He factors out that the Blues left an area on their UEFA A listing to permit them so as to add any potential January signings to their squad for the knockout phases. Jacquet seems a high participant, regardless of his younger age, and we’re actually excited to see the place he matches in.
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Wesley Fofana and Trevoh Chalobah have fashioned a strong partnership on the again, however the truth that Fofana can solely play each different recreation is what actually limits us now. Jacquet can hopefully be simply nearly as good, be relied upon to play extra typically.
“Ought to phrases for Jacquet be agreed, he’ll turn out to be a part of Liam Rosenior’s first-team squad instantly,” Johnson writes.
“It’s not a case of being loaned out elsewhere to be developed first, as has occurred with another purchases of younger abilities made by the membership in recent times.”
Chelsea’s fee technique for Jacquet unclear
Jeremy Jacquet in motion for Rennes
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For our half, we’re nonetheless very confused about how we will make the €70m+ deal occur this month with out breaching our spending settlement with UEFA. It’s potential we promote a participant or two, however the whole charges received’t come near that.
Maybe a really complicated fee plan with Rennes is being labored out, and that’s what’s dragging on.
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