Liverpool confirmed the signing of Jeremie Frimpong from Bayer Leverkusen on Friday night, wih the Dutch right-back agreeing a five-year contract in a switch amounting to simply underneath £30m.
Whereas the pursuit of Florian Wirtz continues apace, Richard Hughes has scored an early summer time win by securing the Netherlands worldwide’s signature earlier than the switch window formally opens on Sunday.
The 24-year-old accomplished his transfer to Anfield on the identical day that the membership confirmed acceptance of a suggestion from Actual Madrid for Trent Alexander-Arnold to formally be a part of Los Blancos tomorrow, with the Reds set to financial institution £8.4m from releasing him from his contract a month early.
Frimpong shares proud second together with his household
After formally becoming a member of Liverpool yesterday, the membership’s social media workforce captured footage of Frimpong displaying off the LFC package to his proud household because the right-back tells his father “Dad, I play on your membership!”.
Our latest recruit then turned to his brother Aaron and recalled how they used to observe LFCTV of their youth, with everybody within the family carrying a beaming smile as Jeremie revelled within the honour of signing for the Reds.
Frimpong lastly will get his transfer to Liverpool
It’s commonplace for a footballer to profess pleasure in becoming a member of a brand new membership, however the heartwarming trade between the 24-year-old and his household reveals that his enjoyment of changing into a Liverpool participant is real, as is that of his siblings and oldsters.
He’s spoken earlier than about wanting to hitch LFC’s academy as a toddler, however his mom and father didn’t drive and he couldn’t afford to commute from Manchester, the place he lived on the time.
Now that he’s a completely impartial grownup with ample high-level expertise of European soccer behind him, Frimpong has jumped on the probability to signal for the Reds, who in stark distinction to final yr have made their first transfer of this summer time’s switch window very early.
There’s nice credit score as a result of Hughes for instantly buying a right-back successor to Alexander-Arnold, and a massively thrilling one at that. Thus begins the method of Arne Slot placing his personal stamp on the squad at Anfield!
You may view the trade between Frimpong and his household beneath, through @LFC on X:
When the household see you in Liverpool Crimson for the primary time 🥹❤️ pic.twitter.com/uaNDCY9yAq
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) Might 30, 2025
