Liverpool followers can look ahead to Jeremie Frimpong rampaging alongside the fitting flank at Anfield for the following few years, with the Dutchman having joined the Reds from Bayer Leverkusen.
Kopites will even get just a few snippets of what they will anticipate from their new signing if, as appears doubtless, he options for Netherlands of their World Cup qualifiers towards Finland and Malta over the approaching fortnight.
In concept, the 24-year-old has are available as an on the spot substitute at right-back for Trent Alexander-Arnold, nevertheless it’d be inaccurate to blindly assume that he’s a clone of the England worldwide, who Jamie Carragher beforehand labelled the world’s greatest participant in his place.
What can Liverpool followers anticipate from Frimpong?
In The Athletic‘s new Transfers TLDR collection, Caoimhe O’Neill outlined the attributes that Frimpong is more likely to carry to Liverpool, primarily based on what he produced with Leverkusen.
She detailed: ‘You will notice versatility and pace. Count on to see defenders scrambling after him or making an attempt to guess his subsequent transfer, solely to look at him dribble previous in a flash.
‘Frimpong is hungry to make issues occur. He has methods, flicks and loads of finish product however we gained’t be watching a Trent Alexander-Arnold tribute act. The Dutchman won’t be commanding from midfield and pinging passes out to the wingers from deep. With regards to defending, anticipate quick recoveries.’
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Frimpong more likely to provide completely different qualities to Alexander-Arnold
Whereas Liverpool’s new right-back seems to hold a risk additional up the pitch, simply as their former vice-captain did at Anfield, he’s doubtless to take action in a distinct method to Alexander-Arnold.
The 26-year-old was extensively hailed as among the finest passers of a soccer anyplace on the planet, whereas Frimpong appears to be extra of a lightning-quick right-sided operator who’ll cost up and down his flank at dizzying pace.
O’Neill’s assertion concerning the Dutchman’s dribbling means is obvious in his match common of 0.9 profitable take-ons, which locations him among the many prime 22% of full-backs for that individual metric in Europe’s 5 most important leagues over the previous yr (FBref).
He’s additionally doubtless to enhance Liverpool’s attacking output from right-back, together with his tally of 5 targets and 12 assists from the lately concluded marketing campaign exceeding Alexander-Arnold’s respectable haul of 4 and eight respectively.
The transient but informative evaluation from The Athletic author means that, in Frimpong, the Reds have signed a massively thrilling participant whose tempo and trickery will regularly have followers out of the seats at Anfield – and who’s insisted that he’s come to Merseyside to win trophies aplenty.
Let’s hope he can ship upon this slightly promising preliminary billing!
