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Former Liverpool star Steve Nichol has questioned the club's signing of Jeremie Frimpong(Image: Getty Images)

Former Liverpool star Steve Nichol has questioned Arne Slot's signing of Jeremie Frimpong, bizarrely claiming the right-back could "get in Mohamed Salah's way" because both players love to get forward.

Liverpool signed Frimpong from Bayer Leverkusen for £30million as a direct replacement for Trent Alexander-Arnold after his move to Real Madrid.

Many pundits and fans have hailed the transfer as a smart piece of business after Frimpong's sensational performances for Leverkusen that helped them win their first ever Bundesliga title in 2023-24, as well as the cup double.

But ex-Reds man Nichol is not convinced by Frimpong and says he can't see where the 24-year-old fits in at Anfield.

The 63-year-old insisted he wasn't good enough defensively and risked interfering with Salah's play while bombing forwards.

"Yeah, (it’s Frimpong or Conor Bradley who start) if Salah’s fit,” he said, speaking to ESPN.

"If Salah’s not fit then Frimpong starts where Salah plays.

It’s just the same as Trent, he’s not that great a defender.

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"Going forward he’s got different attributes to what Trent had but again, I keep ending up at the same thing, is he going to get in Salah’s way?

"I think absolutely, if everybody’s fit Bradley starts, I don’t think Frimpong starts.

I don’t see where he fits in, I really don’t."

Nichol believes Frimpong could "get in Mohamed Salah's way" and said he wasn't good enough defensively(Image: Carl Recine/Getty Images)

Frimpong was the first of two major deals Liverpool have completed this summer - with the other one being the biggest transfer of the window after ex-Leverkusen team-mate Florian Wirtz joined him at Anfield for £116.5m.

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