Liverpool manager Arne Slot has said that he is happy with how the club successfully fended off intense competition from Chelsea to secure a £60 million deal for Jeremy Jacquet. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, he believes the defender is a very big talent ready for the top level, so he is pleased with the Reds securing such an impressive player for the future.
Slot added that all credit will go to the club’s board and sporting director for navigating such a competitive market to land the young Frenchman.
His words, “Very pleased, 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 ones 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.
It is another example of the model we are using at this club. Young, very talented players, sometimes at the start of their careers, sometimes already a few years in, but always players that are young and can improve us and help us for the short but definitely also for the long term. We’ve signed a lot of them recently and I’ve said many times that the mid-to-long-term future, but even the short-term future, of this club is in a very, very good place.
Everything that is done is never from panic. It’s always a long-term idea or something that is thought about for a long time and not by just one person, but by multiple persons. We are aware of the fact that Virgil won’t play for this club for 10 more years. But he has one-and-a-half years left. He will be with us for that period and maybe even longer if he keeps staying as fit as he is now. But this club, we are not stupid, we do know that somewhere in the upcoming years there is life for this club without Virgil.”
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Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football. Founded in 1892, the club joined the Football League the following year and has played its home games at Anfield since its formation.
Domestically, the club has won 19 league titles, eight FA Cups, a record nine League Cups and 16 FA Community Shields. In international competitions, the club has won six European Cups, three UEFA Cups, four UEFA Super Cups—all English records—and one FIFA Club World Cup.
The club established itself as a major force in domestic and European football in the 1970s and 1980s, when Bill Shankly, Bob Paisley, Joe Fagan and Kenny Dalglish, led the club to a combined 11 League titles and four European Cups. Liverpool won two further European Cups in 2005 and 2019 under the management of Rafael Benítez and Jürgen Klopp, respectively; the latter led Liverpool to a 19th league title in 2020, the club’s first during the Premier League era.
Anfield was built in 1884 on land adjacent to Stanley Park. Situated 2 miles (3 km) from Liverpool city centre, it was originally used by Everton before the club moved to Goodison Park after a dispute over rent with Anfield owner John Houlding. Left with an empty ground, Houlding founded Liverpool in 1892 and the club has played at Anfield ever since. The capacity of the stadium at the time was 20,000, although only 100 spectators attended Liverpool’s first match at Anfield.
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