Jeremie Frimpong didn’t even characteristic in his last sport for Bayer Leverkusen, forward of his anticipated transfer to Liverpool this summer time.
The Dutchman is on the verge of sealing a £30 million transfer to the Reds, coming in as a possible alternative for Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Will probably be Arne Slot‘s first signing of the summer time, in what has the potential to be one in every of Liverpool’s most efficient home windows in years.
On Saturday, Frimpong was left on the substitutes’ bench for his last sport in a Leverkusen shirt, because the Bundesliga marketing campaign reached its conclusion.
The 24-year-old watched on from the sidelines as Leverkusen made the journey to Jurgen Klopp‘s former membership Mainz, with second place sealed earlier than kick-off.
Frimpong wasn’t even launched in its place, regardless of the guests in search of a late winner, as the 2 sides shared a 2-2 draw.
It was additionally Xabi Alonso’s final sport answerable for Leverkusen, with the previous Liverpool midfielder changing Carlo Ancelotti at Actual Madrid.
It now looks like a matter of time till we get a Frimpong announcement at Liverpool, although Slot stayed quiet about him in his pre-Brighton press convention.
“I feel once more it’s going to be a boring reply,” Slot mentioned.
“For the entire season it was about contract extensions for 3 gamers and now we’re arriving at a time when everybody needs to know which gamers we’re going to usher in.
“The reply goes to be the identical: we don’t discuss concerning the gamers we wish to usher in, in public, till the second they’ve signed for us.
“Then, you’ll be able to ask me the whole lot about them.”
Frimpong has completed his Leverkusen profession with a tally of 30 targets and 44 assists in 190 appearances – these numbers bode properly by way of him filling the void left by Alexander-Arnold.
Very like Liverpool’s vice-captain, Frimpong isn’t essentially famend for his defensive work, however in an attacking sense, he has the tempo and finish product to be a potent addition.
Reds supporters will likely be relieved that he wasn’t even risked towards Mainz, forward of a transfer hopefully being confirmed within the coming days.
