According to French newspaper Foot Mercato, defender Jeremy Jacquet of Rennes refused to join Arsenal this summer.
After being unable to win the Premier League last season, Arsenal spent about 200 million pounds for 6 new contracts in the summer transfer window 2025. The Gunners leadership, headed by the new sports director Andrea Berta, was determined to consolidate the Mikel Arteta's squad by recruiting Crystal Palace's Eberchi Eze, as well as a center -back before the summer transfer closed.
Although Valencia's Cristhian Mosquera has completed the £ 13 million transfer to Emirates last month, Arsenal still keeps his eyes on Rennes's Jeremy Jacquet in the context of the future of Jakub Kiwior.
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But the French newspaper Foot Mercato affirmed that Arsenal's pursuit efforts were unsuccessful, according to which Jacquet decided to refuse the offer to move to North London to continue developing in Roazhan Park. Rennes also did not intend to lose Jacquet, who had a contract until June 2029.
Considered to be one of the most promising young defenders of French football, Jacquet played for the Ligue 2 team, Clermont on the form of loan in the first leg of last season, then he was called back in the second half of the season and competing impressively.
Jacquet attracted attention when playing in both the defense of 3 people and 4 people for Rennes. He also took on the position of defender at the end of the season.