Liverpool have kickstarted their summer time switch enterprise by asserting the arrival of Bayer Leverkusen’s Jeremie Frimpong on a five-year contract.
Simply hours after asserting 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 shortly to signal his alternative.
The Premier League champions have triggered Frimpong’s €35million (£29.5m) launch clause, with the switch anticipated to be absolutely 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 every other defender in Europe’s prime 5 leagues in all competitions for the reason that 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 considered 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 simple. Liverpool got here and mentioned they’d curiosity, and clearly for me, it was a no brainer,” Frimpong informed Liverpool’s official web site.
“For me, it was like, ‘No matter you guys do, simply get this accomplished’, [speaking to] my brokers: ‘Simply get this accomplished.’
“Liverpool followers, I’m going to offer my all, my vitality, my work-rate, and hopefully we will win collectively, we have fun collectively, get every little thing 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 vitality that you simply guys need.”
