Overview
- Liverpool formally registered Jérémy Jacquet on July 1, 2026 in a transfer reported as an initial £55m with up to £5m in performance-related add‑ons and a five-year contract with an option for a sixth year.
- Jacquet has finished rehabilitation from a shoulder injury that required surgery in February and is expected to be available for Liverpool's pre-season training program.
- The signing gives manager Andoni Iraola another young centre-back to join Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Giovanni Leoni and arrives after Ibrahima Konaté left for Real Madrid.
- The transfer grew from a winter pre-contract that kept Jacquet at Rennes for the remainder of the 2025–26 season while Liverpool fended off interest from clubs including Chelsea and Bayern Munich.
- The fee structure uses add‑ons to share risk between Liverpool and Rennes and the move remains subject to routine international clearance and work‑permit formalities, with the signing likely to shape further summer squad moves.