Jeremy Jacquet hands Andoni Iraola some good news immediately after signing for Liverpool
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Jeremy Jacquet was finally unveiled as a new Liverpool player on Wednesday after joining the club in the January transfer window.Plenty is expected of the Frenchman, who has arrived as a replacement for Ibrahima Konate, and he looks likely to start alongside Virgil van Dijk for Andoni Iraola next season.One lingering worry about Jacquet‘s arrival was that, in the week that he joined Liverpool in February, he picked up a season-ending shoulder injury. But during his first interview as a Liverpool player, the 20-year-old confirmed that he will be ready to go on tour to the USA later this month.
How does Andoni Iraola fit Wirtz and Isak into Liverpool’s starting XI next season? Photo Credit: Getty Images/David Ramos/Joe Prior/Visionhaus Jacquet will be ready for USA tourLiverpool are set to rely heavily on Jacquet and Giovanni Leoni next season, and with Virgil van Dijk needing to be managed following an incredibly intensive campaign, it is vital that the young pair hit the ground running in pre-season.Thankfully, as Jacquet confirmed on Wednesday, he will be ready to go when the tour commences in the last week of July.“I feel much improved and I will be 100 per cent ready [for the start of pre-season] because I’m a little ahead of schedule,” the France U21 star told Liverpoolfc.com.“I was given the go-ahead to start a programme of training with the group [at Rennes], but it was a bit late to be with the team.
But with continued hard work I’ll be fully fit before the season.”Photo by Neal Simpson/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty ImagesREAD MORE: Why Liverpool have good reason to be annoyed with Newcastle over £100m Sandro Tonali sagaAsked if he is looking forward to seeing his first glimpse of Liverpool’s fanbase across the world, Jacquet admitted that he is excited to take his first steps as a Reds player in the US.“Yes, I have been told about it,” he said. “I know that the pre-season is going to take place there and I am very excited because there will be the first matches, the first training sessions with my teammates and I hope that it will go well.”There has so far been no news on whether Leoni will be back and ready to go alongside Jacquet, but as he prepares for his first weeks on the training pitch with Liverpool, Iraola has at least been given some good news over the final signing of the Arne Slot era.