Callum Hudson-Odoi has backed Liverpool’s new signings to be a hit within the Premier League.
The ex-Bayer Leverkusen star loved a short relationship with outdated teammates Florian Wirtz and Jeremie Frimpong throughout his mortgage stint within the Bundesliga.
With the Merseysiders having agreed a £116m (bundle) deal for the German worldwide (on prime of a £29.5m switch for the Dutch right-back), the trio are set to be reunited in England in 2025/26.
It’ll be beneath very completely different circumstances, after all, with Hudson-Odoi having not too long ago secured a transfer to English top-flight rivals Nottingham Forest.
Jeremie Frimpong and Florian Wirtz will benefit from the Premier League
(Photograph by Ronny Hartmann/Getty Photographs)
Each gamers will arrive with some critical stress on their shoulders – and for very completely different causes!
Frimpong shall be keenly conscious of the truth that he’ll must hit the bottom working, given he’s changing a generational fullback in Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Wirtz, in the meantime, should get a deal with on any big-fee nerves he could also be experiencing after a mega-money change to Anfield.
Regardless, Callum Hudson-Odoi believes the previous Leverkusen duo have what it takes to reach the Premier League.
“Superb gamers, good folks as properly! Superb folks and wonderful expertise,” the 24-year-old informed Sky Sports activities.
Hudson-Odoi went on so as to add: “I feel they’ll adapt properly (to the Premier League). Superb gamers.”
“I spoke to Jeremie about it” 📱
Callum Hudson-Odoi on Florian Wirtz and Jeremie Frimpong becoming a member of Liverpool… pic.twitter.com/4dC5OdprBK
— Sky Sports activities Premier League (@SkySportsPL) June 22, 2025
How does Frimpong examine to Trent Alexander-Arnold?
It feels somewhat unfair to attract up a desk and throw numbers into the combination.
In spite of everything, Arne Slot shall be in search of very various things from Jeremie Frimpong down the precise flank.
Gamers
Common Sofascore rankings
xG
xA
Large probabilities created
Crosses per sport
Profitable dribbles
Jeremie Frimpong
6.85
4.2
4.65
6
0.7 (19% success price)
0.8 (34.7% success price)
Trent Alexander-Arnold
7.25
1.88
7.37
15
1.2 (25.5% success price)
0.5 (50% success price)
* Stats for the 2024/25 season within the Premier League and Bundesliga, by way of Sofascore
The 24-year-old, as an illustration, might not have Alexander-Arnold’s generation-defining imaginative and prescient and passing vary. That mentioned, Liverpool will profit from our new fullback’s outstanding tempo and skill to progress play on the ball.
It’s a special menace, and all while having plugged the artistic deficit with the signing of Wirtz.
What can Liverpool followers count on from Florian Wirtz?
It shouldn’t come as a shock to anybody that Bayern Munich had been determined to carry Florian Wirtz in.
The pending exit of Leroy Sane (and ongoing questions over the left flank) continues to depart the Bavarian outfit in a little bit of a pickle.
Finally, nevertheless, the failure to promote the challenge round utilising the Germany star as a central piece of the puzzle was FC Bayern’s undoing – and Liverpool’s achieve!
We’ll nonetheless, after all, profit drastically from having Wirtz’s positional versatility readily available, as Hudson-Odoi rightly identified.
“He can play wherever to be honest, he’s a proficient participant,” the Nottingham Forest star mentioned.
“He’s acquired the flexibility to create something out of nothing. He can play wherever within the staff.
“I feel he’ll be a giant asset to Liverpool, and I feel he’s an awesome participant. It’s an incredible factor that he’s within the Premier League as properly.”
Positions
Appearances
Left wing
9
Attacking midfield
159
Proper wing
11
Shadow striker
4
Central midfield
5
Centre-forward
11
* Florian Wirtz’s all-time positional look stats (together with youth and senior), by way of Switch market
Let’s not child ourselves right here – our club-record signing is best-suited to the attacking midfield function.
We’re fairly positive Arne Slot is aspiring to play his new signing in shut proximity, making certain he can proceed to be impactful within the closing third in central positions.
It’s the pitch Florian Wirtz was in the end bought on. So, how a lot we’ll depend on his versatility stays to be seen.
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