🇪🇺🔄 Shunsuke Saito (20) is in discussions over a move to Europe, per @hollyhock_staff.
The young talent scored 8 times in the Japanese second tier this year and featured in all 4 matches for Japan at the U-20 World Cup.
🇫🇷 If I’m Liverpool I’m making a move to sign Jeremy Jacquet in the January window.
Only 20-years-old but he is such an exciting centre-back already.
Since breaking into Rennes he has only gotten better and better.
Jacquet is pretty much everything you want in a modern day centre-back.
He’s fast, has great athleticism with long legs that enables him in all forms of defending. Whether it’s making key interceptions, decisive blocks or last-ditch sliding tackles.
His athleticism shows through in his ability to cover a lot of ground. He is a defender full of energy and zeal. Great at defending the channels and covering a lot of zones on the pitch.
Combine that with a great understanding for the game and ability to anticipate danger (he ranks 2nd among Ligue 1 CBs for PAdj interceptions - 7.57 per 90) as well as strong aerial prowess (won 71% of his aerial duels this season) he’s exactly what Liverpool are missing in that RCB position.
On the ball, he’s composed, deals well under pressure and he’s a solid vertical passer. Generally excellent at switching the ball. Has one of the best long passes accuracies (63.5%) among CBs who average at least 3.5 long passes per 90 in Ligue 1 this calendar year.
If Liverpool move to a back three he’s got experience of playing in that system as well, but he can play in a back four as an RCB and LCB.
At 20-years-old there’s just so much to like. It’s hard to find a better option. Especially when he’s available for €40m.