Liverpool will think about quite a lot of right-backs as they mull over changing Trent Alexander-Arnold, and a substitute for Jeremie Frimpong has now been named.
Because it stands, it’s claimed that Liverpool are but to even determine whether or not they’ll signal a brand new right-back to interchange Alexander-Arnold.
Regardless of that, stories in Germany this week have urged motion is being made within the pursuit of Bayer Leverkusen’s attacking right-sider Frimpong.
Claims a deal is shut have been downplayed by Leverkusen and people on Merseyside, however what is clear is that Liverpool have drawn up a shortlist for if Arne Slot and Richard Hughes determine a brand new addition is required.
The Mail‘s Lewis Steele has now reported that Lutsharel Geertruida, a former stalwart beneath Slot at Feyenoord, is a “critical chance.”
Steele writes that Geertruida, who left Feyenoord for RB Leipzig final summer season however is now anticipated to maneuver once more, is “one of many different choices” amid their curiosity in Frimpong.
Earlier this week, Sky Germany reported that the 24-year-old is “extraordinarily dissatisfied” at Leipzig and, after their failure to qualify for subsequent season’s Champions League, the membership are “open to a departure.”
Geertruida has performed 34 occasions since his transfer to Germany however has seen his recreation time lower in latest months, with Leipzig struggling for consistency in outcomes.
Slot can be properly conscious of his abilities, nonetheless, having used him greater than every other participant in his teaching profession – clocking 10,337 minutes on the pitch over 127 video games.
Although predominantly a right-back – and a significantly extra defensive choice than Frimpong – Geertruida may play at centre-back, left-back and as a defensive midfielder.
* Geertruida profession positions performed and stats vs. Frimpong (Switch market and FBref)
This allowed for tactical flexibility in his position as vice-captain at Feyenoord and, although to much less impact, now at Leipzig.
Liverpool had been anticipated to maneuver for Geertruida quickly after Slot’s appointment as head coach a yr in the past – the defender even attending the 2-2 draw at West Ham in the direction of the again finish of final season – however no deal developed.
On the time, De Telegraaf‘s Marcel van der Kraan claimed the participant “would love” to affix Liverpool, and maybe now he can be given the chance to take action.
The membership’s precedence because it stands is regarded as signing a left-back, with Bournemouth‘s Milos Kerkez the most well-liked title linked, however this week has seen reporting shift to the opposite flank.
