 | Inside Jeremie Frimpong's Liverpool transfer and reason he won't talk Dutch to Arne Slot |
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Frimpong is set to step into Trent Alexander-Arnold's shoes at Liverpool, with the Premier League champions agreeing to trigger the $39.8 million clause in his Bayer Leverkusen contract. The move to join fellow countrymen Arne Slot, Virgil van Dijk, Cody Gakpo and Ryan Gravenberch at Anfield is expected to be finalised in the coming days, following Bayer's end-of-season Bundesliga match against Mainz.
Slot is keen to inject more speed into his squad after witnessing it struggle to keep up with a lively Paris St Germain team in the Champions League - and Frimpong fits the bill.
Born in Amsterdam to Ghanaian parents, Frimpong relocated to Manchester with his mother and siblings at the age of seven following her divorce, which led to him losing his Dutch language skills.
As a promising young player, Frimpong opted for Manchester City over Liverpool due to the convenience of the club's training ground being just a bus ride away. I remember being on the training pitch at Bayer Leverkusen when the Dutch squad for the World Cup in Qatar was announced. Louis had posted a video announcing all the players he wanted in the Dutch squad for the World Cup.
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