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Liverpool are successful talks with the Bayer Leverkusen defender Jeremie Frimpong arsenic the Premier League champions question a replacement for Trent Alexander-Arnold.
The Netherlands planetary has been of involvement to his compatriot Arne Slot for a lengthy play and Liverpool are acceptable to trigger his £30m merchandise clause. Frimpong was calved successful Amsterdam but spent overmuch of his puerility successful Manchester and came done the ranks astatine Manchester City earlier moving to Celtic arsenic a teenager. Under Uefa regulations, helium would number arsenic a homegrown subordinate successful England.
Frimpong has been anxious to instrumentality to England and beryllium himself successful the Premier League aft a palmy spell successful Germany, wherever helium won the Bundesliga past play with Leverkusen nether the erstwhile Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso. The 24-year-old tin play arsenic a right-back oregon wingback and is known for his attacking capabilities, scoring 28 goals successful the past 3 seasons astatine Leverkusen.
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Discussions are continuing with the player’s representatives and if a woody tin beryllium concluded, Frimpong volition go the Liverpool’s archetypal summertime signing. They necessitate a caller right-back due to the fact that Alexander-Arnold has confirmed helium volition permission astatine the extremity of his declaration adjacent period and is acceptable to articulation Real Madrid.
Slot’s right-back options see the specializer Conor Bradley and the centre-backs Jarell Quansah and Joe Gomez, who person been utilized successful the role. The cardinal midfielder Curtis Jones has besides been utilised successful the position.
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After winning the Premier League, Slot has made wide Liverpool volition beryllium progressive successful the market. The goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili volition articulation aft completing a transportation astir a twelvemonth agone earlier staying connected indebtedness astatine Valencia and the nine are expected to marque galore different additions.
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