In football all goes very quickly. This adage, well known to pros footballers, sticks well in the last months experienced by Jérémy Jacquet. The Bondy native, a great defensive promise of Stade Rennais arrived at the club at the age of 14, had decided to go on loan in Ligue 2 on the side of Clermont to win in playing time, he who clearly did not enter the Rennes plans of Frederic Massara, much busier to do his market in Italy to strengthen. Yes but here, this winter, this time to make a first assessment, the Rennes defense was largely pointed out. Unsurprisingly, the Breton club recruited Lilian Brassier but also brought Jacquet back from his Auvergne loan in exchange for compensation of around € 900,000.
A more than profitable investment in view of the impressive performance of a player who has become essential in the eyes of a Habib Beye who is full of praise for him. From his first match against Saint-Etienne in early February, Jacquet impressed. “”It had the impression that he had been playing here for twenty matches. He didn't amaze us, because we know him. Reality is that it is watched by very good clubs in Europe». With 9 out of 12 possible tenure, a player trophy for the month of the club in February, the 19 -year -old U21 international defender did not disappoint on the contrary.
Jacquet on the short list of RB Leipzig
Modern central defender capable of evolving in a three or four defense, the n ° 97 of Stade Rennais offers great versatility. With an impressive palette of passes capable of unraveling the attacking lines, it also has a large composure and a good maturity despite its young age. Quick, Jacquet is very good in duels in particular aerial. Qualities and statistics that resemble all proportions guarded to those of an Ibrahima Konaté. While training courses have inquired this winter this winter as the Senegalese Red and Black technician explained, Stade Rennais is not in a hurry to see the international tricolor hope promised to the best future.
Under contract until June 2027 (soon to be 2028), Jérémy Jacquet, who has a solid margin of progression, is considered invaluable. Yes but here, clubs looking for talented defensive reinforcements are starting to turn around the player. According to our information, the RB Leipzig, fond of promising players playing in Ligue 1, set his sights on him. It must be said that the season of the German club was complicated and that a certain Castelo Lukeba may well leave Leipzig this winter. If there has not yet been an offer for the solid Rennes defender, the new Breton sports director Loïc Désiré, who has already started to work on the future Mercato Rennais and who will have to sell fifteen elements, may have to manage this file in the event of summer runaway on Jacquet. Given the player's talent and potential, it is likely to happen …
