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May 30, 2025, 12:01 PM ET
Liverpool person signed Jeremie Frimpong from Bayer Leverkusen, the Premier League champions confirmed connected Friday.
Frimpong, a Netherlands planetary who has emerged arsenic 1 of the world's astir breathtaking full-backs, had a clause successful his declaration that allowed him to permission for €35 cardinal ($39.2m), a root told ESPN.
The determination is acceptable to beryllium completed aft the transportation model opens connected June 1, with the interest to beryllium paid successful 3 abstracted yearly instalments.
The woody was announced hours aft Trent Alexander-Arnold's aboriginal exit to Real Madrid was confirmed.
Alexander-Arnold, whose declaration was expiring astatine the extremity of June, is joining the LaLiga broadside for the Club World Cup, with a root telling ESPN a €10m ($11.3m) woody was agreed.
While Frimpong has wide been viewed externally arsenic a replacement for the departing Alexander-Arnold, a root told ESPN that Slot views the subordinate arsenic a versatile enactment connected the close flank, with the subordinate susceptible of deputising for Mohamed Salah erstwhile helium participates successful the African Cup of Nations which volition instrumentality spot successful Morocco this winter.
"It went rather easy," Frimpong said of the talks. "Liverpool came and said they had interest, and evidently for maine it was a no-brainer.
"For me, it was like, 'Whatever you guys do, conscionable get this done,' [speaking to] my agents: 'Just get this done.'
"Liverpool fans, I'm going to springiness my all, my energy, my work-rate and hopefully we tin triumph together, we observe together, get everything together.
"I'm conscionable excited to beryllium here. Thank you guys for accepting maine and I won't fto you guys down and I'll springiness you the vigor that you guys want."
Frimpong has agelong been linked with a determination to the Premier League, and Liverpool person been tracking the 24-year-old for much than a decade. The nine adjacent made an effort to enlistee him to their academy earlier helium joined Manchester City.
Frimpong was a younker subordinate astatine Manchester City for 9 years earlier joining Celtic and past Leverkusen, meaning helium qualifies arsenic a home-grown subordinate successful England.
He besides has Liverpool ties, done Dutch manager Arne Slot and planetary teammates Ryan Gravenberch, Cody Gakpo and Virgil van Dijk.
Frimpong was a cardinal portion of the astir palmy play successful Leverkusen's history, starring successful the club's unbeaten march to a maiden Bundesliga rubric and DFB-Pokal past year. The nine besides reached the last of the Europa League, wherever they mislaid to Atalanta.
This season, Leverkusen finished successful 2nd place, good down champions Bayern Munich. Xabi Alonso has departed to articulation Real Madrid, and prima players specified arsenic Frimpong whitethorn besides depart.
Information from ESPN's Beth Lindop was utilized successful this report.
