Liverpool have kickstarted their summer time switch enterprise by saying the arrival of Bayer Leverkusen’s Jeremie Frimpong on a five-year contract.
Simply hours after saying that Trent Alexander-Arnold could be becoming a member of Actual Madrid in time to play within the Membership World Cup, the Reds have moved rapidly to signal his substitute.
The Premier League champions have triggered Frimpong’s €35million (£29.5m) launch clause, with the switch anticipated to be totally accomplished when the window opens on Sunday.
Frimpong performed an integral position in serving to Leverkusen to their first Bundesliga title in 2023-24 and made 53 appearances in all competitions as they completed second in 2024-25.
Certainly, the Dutch worldwide has scored extra targets (19) than some other defender in Europe’s high 5 leagues in all competitions because the begin of the 2023-24 marketing campaign.
Frimpong joins a Dutch contingent of Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo and Ryan Gravenberch at Anfield, and will additionally welcome certainly one of his former Leverkusen team-mates to Merseyside quickly.
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Liverpool are additionally in talks with Leverkusen over signing Florian Wirtz, with the Reds coming into into superior negotiations for the Germany ahead in a deal reportedly value £109m.
“It went fairly straightforward. Liverpool got here and mentioned they’d curiosity, and clearly for me, it was a no brainer,” Frimpong instructed Liverpool’s official web site.
“For me, it was like, ‘No matter you guys do, simply get this completed’, [speaking to] my brokers: ‘Simply get this completed.’
“Liverpool followers, I’m going to offer my all, my power, my work-rate, and hopefully we are able to win collectively, we rejoice collectively, get the whole lot collectively.
“I’m simply excited to be right here. Thanks guys for accepting me and I gained’t allow you to guys down, and I’ll provide the power that you just guys need.”
