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Jeremie Frimpong in action for Bayer Leverkusen(Image: AFP via Getty Images)

Jeremie Frimpong revealed his plan to follow Virgil van Dijk's path back in 2019 – and he's set to live that dream more literally than he imagined.

The flying Bayer Leverkusen wing-back looks set to join Premier League champions Liverpool in a £30m deal this summer with reports he's already undergone a medical at Anfield.

Due to a substantial sell-on clause in the £11.5m deal that took him to Germany back in January 2021, Celtic will bank a further £6.5m – taking their total earned on Frimpong to £17m.



That's a scarcely believable turnaround on a player they paid around £300,000 to sign from Manchester City in 2019.

As he gets set to join one of the biggest clubs in the world, every word he's ever said about his future is being scrutinised and an interview from October 2019, just over a month after he joined Celtic, has resurfaced.

And the way he talked up the Hoops and their proven pathway for young players back then might just be worth future millions to the club.

He was asked about potentially following Virgil van Dijk's trajectory – a man whose career he will have mirrored almost exactly if and when he does join him at Liverpool.

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Speaking back before he'd even broken into the Celtic team, an 18-year-old Frimpong said: “I’d 100 percent like to do what Virgil has done.

There is a pathway at Celtic, you get chances here to do that.

"The Dutch national team play a lot of young players, like Matthijs de Ligt, who are really good.

They are building another great team and it would be exciting to be a part of that."

The raving quotes have come back to the surface amid reports from Fabrizio Romano and others that he's undergone a medical ahead of his long-awaited return to the Premier League.

Boss Arne Slot was far from ruling it out when asked about the reports today but he kept his cards close to his chest.

Asked if he had in fact undergone medical testing, he bluntly replied: "What do you think?

I think what we all know is the moment we announce it, that is the moment to talk about it in general.

"We haven’t announced anything so no need to talk about anyone."

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