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Recent stories from Sky Germany claimed that Jeremie Frimpong couldn’t be thought-about a critical switch goal for Liverpool.
The reasoning? Arne Slot prefers a conventional again 4, so the presence of a fullback much more cell than Trent Alexander-Arnold wouldn’t go well with the Reds’ system.
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Nonetheless, Florian Plettenberg acknowledged on X (previously Twitter) that the Merseysiders ‘are impressed’ with what they’ve seen from the 24-year-old.
Christian Falk took this a step additional and confirmed that the membership continues to maintain the ‘very particular’ star on their shortlist.
Jeremie Frimpong could possibly be greater than a fullback to Liverpool
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It’s actually price emphasising that Frimpong can’t be considered merely as a fullback in isolation.
The Bayer Leverkusen star actually has abilities – unbelievable tempo and dribbling skill amongst them – that may certainly be well-suited to a extra superior place.
“True: That Jeremie Frimpong is on the shortlist at Liverpool. He’s a really particular participant. He can play many positions and that makes him so attention-grabbing for Liverpool,” Falk knowledgeable CaughtOffside in his unique Reality Recordsdata column.
“There aren’t any concrete talks but in the mean time, however he’s of their sights.
“The pinnacle coach at Liverpool, Arne Slot, is Dutch, and it’s evident he has a very good relationship with Dutch gamers. There’s one other factor price mentioning: Trent Alexander-Arnold stated it’s superb for him to have a coach who’s explaining to him very clearly how one can play his place. This exhibits Slot likes to have some tactical variation.
“Xabi Alonso does this as nicely; Frimpong will not be all the time taking part in the identical manner at Bayer Leverkusen. If you wish to change your system throughout a match, he could be a secret weapon. Frimpong has all the time tended to indicate this, particularly towards Bayern Munich; he was all the time a key participant when he began or got here in off the bench.
“This makes him so attention-grabbing for his potential suitors. Nevertheless, a launch clause of €40m is rather a lot.”
The Bundesliga star ranks within the 98th and 89th percentiles for progressive carries and profitable take-ons respectively when in comparison with his fullback friends. Nevertheless, these numbers do admittedly slide down the dimensions when in comparison with different wingers and attacking midfielders (79th and fortieth percentiles respectively), in keeping with FBref.
Assuming {that a} potential suitor opted to begin Jeremie Frimpong from a extra superior place, after all, the needles might transfer again in the precise path.
With Mo Salah nonetheless but to signal a contract extension on the membership, it’s an concept price maintaining in thoughts for Liverpool sporting director Richard Hughes.
Did Liverpool speak with Frimpong’s agent?
The most important replace of the prior week was Liverpool’s clear present of curiosity by inviting the fullback’s agent, Dirk Hebel, to Anfield for his or her Champions League encounter with Bayer Leverkusen.
“I heard that his agent, Dirk Hebel, was invited by Liverpool for the match towards Bayer Leverkusen. He was within the director’s field. So, you see the membership and the participant’s entourage are speaking,” Christian Falk confirmed.
We’re not fairly on the stage of discussing phrases and circumstances round a possible switch transfer however the curiosity is, on the very least, clearly there.
The Reds must fork out his launch clause – presently €40m [£33m] – in the event that they want to get this deal over the road. Although, this may hardly be thought-about extortionate given the calibre of participant they could possibly be compelled to switch in both Trent Alexander-Arnold or Mo Salah.
