Liverpool have accomplished the signing of Dutch worldwide Jeremie Frimpong from Bayer Leverkusen for €35m (£29.5m) on a five-year deal.
Frimpong, 24, joins the Premier League champions simply hours after it was confirmed that Trent Alexander-Arnold can be becoming a member of Actual Madrid in time for the Membership World Cup.
Los Blancos are reportedly set to pay £10m for the England worldwide simply to register him early.
The transfer comes after Liverpool activated Frimpong’s launch clause, with the Dutch right-back seen as a direct substitute for the homegrown star.
Frimpong loved a stellar season at Leverkusen, serving to them clinch their first-ever Bundesliga title in 2023-24 and making 53 appearances in all competitions this time period as they completed second.
The brand new signing will compete with Northern Eire’s Conor Bradley, who not too long ago prolonged his keep at Anfield by signing a brand new four-year contract.
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Frimpong’s arrival provides additional depth to Arne Slot’s squad as they give the impression of being to take care of their dominance and push for extra silverware in Europe.
Frimpong’s journey has seen him develop by means of the Manchester Metropolis youth ranks, earlier than shifting to Celtic in 2019 after which to Leverkusen in January 2021.
The wing-back may even be a part of up with a powerful Dutch contingent at Liverpool, linking up with Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo, and Ryan Gravenberch.
Talking for the primary time as a Pink, he stated: “It went fairly simple. Liverpool got here and stated they’d curiosity, and clearly for me it was a no brainer.
“For me, it was like, ‘No matter you guys do, simply get this finished’, [speaking to] my brokers: ‘Simply get this finished.’
“Liverpool followers, I’m going to provide my all, my power, my work-rate and hopefully we will win collectively, we have fun collectively, get every part collectively.
“I’m simply excited to be right here. Thanks guys for accepting me and I received’t allow you to guys down and I’ll provide the power that you simply guys need.”
