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upporters of acute accents rejoice! Rennes’ Jérémy Jacquet is on his way to Liverpool after the Premier League champions won the tug of war with just about every other side in England for the 20-year-old centre back. After missing out on Marc Guéhi for just £20m, Liverpool will pay £55m up front (plus £5m in add-ons) and became the preferred bidders with the France Under-21 international not joining until the summer.
Speaking of young defenders from France, Chelsea have been linked with Tylel Tati, who surprisingly doesn’t play for Strasbourg but Nantes. The 18-year-old would cost around £26m (€30m).
In a turnaround for the ages, Manchester United are now apparently keen to recall Marcus Rashford from his loan at Barcelona – the England international scored again at the weekend – but can’t prevent the Spanish side activating the £26m buyout clause. The trigger has not yet been pulled, so we may have to wait for the summer to know the 28-year-old’s future.
