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At the end of the 2023-24 season, moments after Bayer Leverkusen had clinched the Bundesliga title for the first time in the club's 120-year history, Jeremie Frimpong wanted to hide.

The Netherlands international -- one of the faces of Leverkusen's historic unbeaten league campaign (P34, W28, D6, L0) -- was trying to escape the attentions of manager Xabi Alonso and teammate Edmond Tapsoba, who had made him their target for a traditional German "beer shower" during the celebrations.

"He's just one of those people where you hold the mic there as much as possible and then you just let them talk."

From next season, Frimpong will be doing his talking on the pitch at Anfield, after Liverpool activated the €35 million release clause in his Leverkusen contract.

It is expected that Frimpong and Bradley will compete for a place in Slot's XI next season, though neither is a like-for-like replacement for Alexander-Arnold.

"In possession, Frimpong might lack Alexander-Arnold's composure on the ball, or the vision to play line-breaking passes through the middle, but he compensates with early deliveries into space and an ability to find teammates drifting into wide channels with short passes," says former scout Tor-Kristian Karlsen.

"At Liverpool, Frimpong's instinct to launch attacks at the earliest opportunity should align well with Slot's preference for rapid transitions.

"He's capable of a trick; so confident in fact that during one game this season, he did one trick which I asked him about, and he said: 'Oh, I was just copying what Ryan [Gravenberch] did [for Liverpool] yesterday!'

"His pace is blistering.

He's also discovered a knack of being in the right place at the right time in the box."

Indeed, it is Frimpong's productivity going forward that has put him on the radar of many of Europe's top clubs, with the defender having registered an impressive 30 goals and 44 assists across his 190 appearances for Leverkusen.

Operating from the right-flank, Frimpong has primarily been deployed in front of Alonso's preferred three-man defense and has been close to an ever-present in the starting XI since the former Liverpool midfielder took charge at the club in October 2022.

"Since I got here for the first time, since the first day, Jeremie has been a key player for us and for myself," Alonso said before last season's Europa League final, which Leverkusen ultimately lost 3-0 to Atalanta -- their only defeat of the season in any competition.

Alternatively, Slot may simply rely on Frimpong's elite recovery speed and positional awareness to neutralise the risk.

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No stranger to overcoming doubts

While Alexander-Arnold's playmaking abilities from right-back are unparalleled, there is no doubt Frimpong has the potential to be a potent new weapon in Liverpool's arsenal, and some of his numbers compare favorably with those of his predecessor.

In terms of accuracy of passing, Frimpong (84%) actually outstrips Alexander-Arnold (77.9%).
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