Jeremy Jacquet given perfect motivation to start Liverpool career quickly
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Jeremy Jacquet has just been given some extra motivation to start his Liverpool career quickly, with the Frenchman arriving for a fee of around $83 million (£60 million)Jeremy Jacquet emerges before a Liverpool training session.(Image: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)Jeremy Jacquet, as an $83 million (£60 million) signing, is likely to play a big role for Liverpool next season, not least with Ibrahima Konate having joined Real Madrid on a free transfer.But the young Frenchman has perhaps been given an extra incentive to hit the ground running under Andoni Iraola ahead of the first international break of the season, which comes in September.Yet to make his senior France bow, there is set to be a changing of the guard for Les Bleus, with head coach Didier Deschamps leaving. It has long been an open secret that Zinedine Zidane would be taking over.Under the new regime, France will be looking to get into top shape ahead of the 2028 European Championship, with the favorite for this summer's World Cup now having lost twice in a row at the competition.It lost to Spain midweek and then looked fairly disinterested in a 6-4 defeat to England in the third-place play-off, even if Kylian Mbappe did make himself the tournament's top scorer of all time.For Jacquet, though, it is not just a chance to shine under a new coach and establish himself in the next generation of the France national team.Jeremy Jacquet of Liverpool during a training session at AXA Training Centre(Image: Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)The Liverpool man might also spot an opportunity to play regularly at center-back, with William Saliba facing months out with a back injury and Konate failing to convince.Saliba, the Arsenal man, will be sidelined for some time, meaning he won't be involved in the next round of international games.
Konate, now at Real Madrid, looked all over the place as he made his first start at this World Cup.For now, of course, Jacquet will have to focus on nailing down a place in the Liverpool team alongside Virgil van Dijk, but he looks to be the favorite to do that as things stand.If he does so, there is no reason to think that the Liverpool number five can't become a regular at international level too.Get Liverpool's new 2026/27 home kitThis article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. "Still being young, I think he has all the tools that we will need for that position."He also came into the last months of the [past] season with a shoulder injury, but he is fully healed.
He has already been training with the U21s. He’s ready to go from the beginning."Liverpool.com says: Jacquet is a major talent and he will get plenty of minutes this season.