News'Very pleasing' - Arne Slot on future arrival of Jeremy Jacquet

It was announced on Monday that the Reds have reached an agreement for the transfer of Jacquet from Stade Rennais, with the France U21 international defender to arrive at Anfield in the summer, subject to a work permit and international clearance.

On Thursday, Slot was asked about the future addition of the 20-year-old Jacquet to his squad during his pre-Manchester City press conference.

The head coach replied: “Very pleasing, of course, because first of all he is a very big talent – and maybe even more than ‘only’ a talent, but we speak about talent because of his age, of course.

“Second of all because we weren’t the only one interested in him, so another big compliment for the people that are working every single day so hard to sign players, that we were able to sign such a big talent.

“And [it is] another example of the model we are using at this club: so, young, very talented players, sometimes in the start of their career, sometimes already a little bit a few years into their career, but always players that are young and can improve us and help us for the short, but definitely also for the long term.

“We have signed a lot of them recently and I’ve said many times that the mid- to long-term, but even the short-term, future of this club is in a very, very, very good place.”