Jeremie Frimpong celebrates scoring for Bayer Leverkusen. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)Jeremie Frimpong celebrates scoring for Bayer Leverkusen. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)
Jeremie Frimpong celebrates scoring for Bayer Leverkusen. (Photo by INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images) | AFP via Getty Images
Liverpool are closing in on signing Jeremie Frimpong from Bayer Leverkusen to replace Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Bayer Leverkusen sporting director Simon Rolfes has admitted he is braced to lose Jeremie Frimpong to Liverpool.
The Netherlands international is currently in the process of completing a move to the Reds despite the 2024-25 season still not being over. Frimpong has been identified as a replacement for Trent Alexander-Arnold, who will leave the Reds at the end of his contract and join Real Madrid on a free transfer.
Frimpong has been a standout performer for Bayer Leverkusen since his arrival from Celtic in 2021. Last season, he was a key player as Xabi Alonso’s side won the Bundesliga for the first time in the club’s history, along with the DFB-Pokal. In total, Frimpong has scored 30 goals and recorded 44 assists in 190 appearances for Die Werkself.
But with a release clause of around £30 million in his BayArena contract, Liverpool have acted swiftly. The 24-year-old was an unused substitute for Leverkusen’s final game of the campaign - a 2-2 draw against Mainz 05 - and there are suggestions that his medical to move to Anfield is already underway.
German newspaper BILD spoke to Rolfes about the future of Frimpong and he did not deny that the transfer was afoot. Rolfes said: “It's no secret that he has a prospect clause and there's interest, perhaps from England, perhaps even from Liverpool. We'll see what happens. It's quite possible that Jerry will leave in the summer. Even then, it's not final. But I'm already informed about things, we're all informed, so it could happen — let's wait and see.”
Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano has suggested that Frimpong will sign a contract at Liverpool today. He posted on X: “Final part of medical plus contract signing to take place in the next hours for Jeremie Frimpong as new Liverpool player. €35m release clause has been activated.”
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