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Liverpool wanted a centre-back now, however they’ve purchased one for the summer season as an alternative.
Jeremy Jacquet for £55m plus add-ons is thrilling. It’s humorous {that a} participant can price such a hefty sum these days with out having earned a full cap for his nation or performed within the Champions League.
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However the 20-year-old is extremely rated, bodily spectacular and may cross out from the again, too.
If Gio Leoni can return for subsequent season, the Reds can have two of the world’s greatest younger centre-backs studying from Virgil van Dijk. That may solely be factor.
However Jacquet’s signing doesn’t repair the central defensive issues from now till the top of the season, and given it was apparent we’d signal a participant on this place in the summertime, the delayed switch is barely irritating.
Joe Gomez is extremely harm inclined, which means Van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate are the one two senior centre-backs Arne Slot can use.
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As well as, Conor Bradley is out for the season and Jeremie Frimpong is injured. The Dutchman has missed greater than half of the Premier League video games to date, which means Gomez is required extra at right-back.
The choices at Slot’s disposal are very skinny and one other harm to a starter would see us utterly threadbare. In that respect, it feels Michael Edwards and Richard Hughes are asking loads of Slot to attempt to win the Champions League and get again within the competitors through a top-five end within the Premier League.
Consequently, the thrill about Jacquet was shortly adopted by a frustration he was not arriving now.
In the summertime, Liverpool want a brand new winger, a holding midfielder and defensive recruitments. They spent a fortune in the summertime of 2025 however the squad nonetheless wants bolstering.
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