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Liverpool have signed Jeremy Jaquet from Rennes for £60m.
The 20-year-old passed his medical with the Champions on deadline day in February.
Liverpool paid a fixed fee of £55m plus a potential £5m in performance-related add-ons.
Jacket said Liverpoolfc.com: “I feel really good, first impressions are good and I’m very happy to start here.
“I’m very happy. When I see the facilities, I see myself there. I feel good here and I’m very excited to start.
“For me it’s a big dream, it’s a big club. A club like Liverpool, it’s a big dream for me.”
Chelsea offered the exact same contract as Liverpool, but the player decided to move to Anfield, where he signed a five-year contract with the option of a further year.
Although Jackett suffered a shoulder injury earlier this year, he has successfully completed a rehabilitation program and is doing individual fitness work, so is expected to be available for the start of pre-season training.
He will take his place in Liverpool’s first team squad as one of their centre-backs alongside Virgil van Dijk, Giovanni Leone and Joe Gomez.
Jackett was wanted by a number of clubs across Europe, so the acquisition ties in with Liverpool’s strategy of identifying and recruiting emerging elite talent, with the average age of their first-team signings being under 22 in the last two transfer windows.
Lawrence: The jacket is the real deal
French football expert Julien Lawrence:
“He’s the real deal. I know he’s only 20, he hasn’t played for France and he hasn’t played in the Champions League or the Europa League.
“He has a long way to go but he was impressive last season, when they (Renaissance) called him back from his loan in the second division and this season, with Habib Bey.
“You can’t get it wrong. He’s going to be amazing.
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Jamie Carragher has previously welcomed comparisons between Liverpool’s new signings Jeremy Jacket and William Saliba, but insists more defensive reinforcements are still needed.
“He reminds me of when William Saliba burst onto the scene in France with Saint-Etienne or Wesley Fofana.
“It’s about how much you value that potential and talent. You pay a lot for someone who hasn’t really proven much. That’s a lot of money for a young player like that.”
Hatchard: Jacquet is a rising star – but untested in top-level football
European football expert Kevin Hatchard discusses Jeremy Jacket on Sky Sports News:
“He has been seen as a rising star for quite some time. He has captained numerous youth teams for France and is seen as someone who has all the building blocks you need to become a modern centre-back.
“He says good, good passing range, athletic, great in the air – but he doesn’t have a long record in top-level football.
“He had a loan at Clermont which was good. He’s been playing for Rennes this season, but it shows you how much they rate him that they don’t really want to let him go in this window.
“His coach Habib Bey said ‘if we let him go this season, we have to lower our goals for the season’.”
