France World Cup winner Christophe Dugarry has branded Liverpool ‘suckers’ for paying a €70m fee to sign Jeremy Jacquet.
Liverpool agreed a deal to sign the centre-back on transfer deadline day, with the 20-year-old set to link up with the Reds from Rennes in the summer.
The Premier League champions will pay an initial €60m (£51.7m) fee for Jacquet, with a future €10m (£8.6m) in potential add-ons.
It’s a huge fee for a defender who has made just 29 starts in Ligue 1 across his fledgling career to date. Chelsea had also been interested in signing Jacquet but were unwilling to meet the player’s asking price.
Dugarry, who played in the Premier League at Birmingham City, praised Rennes for getting a premium price for Jacquet and said there is ‘no justification’ for the size of fee involved.
COMPARED: Jérémy Jacquet vs. Virgil van Dijk per 90 in the league this season. pic.twitter.com/rMik7C6bMD
“When you have suckers like that… well done to Rennes,” Dugarry said to RMC Radio.
“They managed to find a sucker like Liverpool that was [willing to pay] €70m. Let’s stop trying to pretend there’s a justification for it. There’s no justification whatsoever.”
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