Liverpool beat Chelsea to Rennes defender Jacquet - reports

However, the 20-year-old is not set to move to Anfield until the end of the season despite Liverpool's need for defensive reinforcements. Jacquet had been linked with a transfer to Chelsea earlier this month but was reportedly put off the move by the competition for places at centre-back in the Blues' bloated squad. Liverpool, by contrast, are desperately short on centre-back options. Captain Virgil van Dijk, 34, and Ibrahima Konate, who is out of contract at the end of the season, are the only...