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Jeremie Frimpong new signing of Liverpool at AXA Training Centre on May 30, 2025(Image: Nikki Dyer - LFC/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

Jeremie Frimpong says he can't wait to get started with Arne Slot as his Liverpool boss after completing a £29.5m switch from Bayer Leverkusen on Friday.

The Netherlands international will have his move made formal on Sunday when the transfer window officially opens and the Reds have moved quickly to secure a new right-back after Trent Alexander-Arnold's £10m switch to Real Madrid was confirmed earlier in the day.

The Reds have been in talks with Leverkusen and Frimpong's representatives for most of the month over a deal and announced the agreement on Friday evening, just hours after Alexander-Arnold was confirmed to be joining Real Madrid from the start of June.



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Frimpong, whose release clause will be paid in three annual instalments, says he has spoken to some of Slot's former players at Feyenoord about the head coach's tactical acumen and revealed his excitement to get to work at Anfield, which he experienced as a Leverkusen player when Xabi Alonso's side were beaten 4-0 in the Champions League back in November.

“I spoke to the manager a few times,” Frimpong told LFCTV.

He says I can bring a lot of energy and my qualities, my speed.

“Especially when a manager is talking positively about you, it gives you very good confidence that he believes in you.

I’ve had good conversations with him.

“I’m really excited [to work with Arne Slot].

Now he’s going to be my coach, so I’m excited for that.”

Frimpong becomes the first signing of the summer at Anfield and just the third since Slot and sporting director Richard Hughes arrived at the club last year, following on from the £10m addition of Federico Chiesa last August and the £29m move for Giorgi Mamardashvili, who will officially complete his switch from Valencia when the transfer window opens.

Liverpool stepped up their efforts to recruit a right-sided full-back after it became clear Alexander-Arnold had plans to leave the club at the end of his contract and Netherlands international Frimpong joins shortly after Conor Bradley was handed a new deal as a reward for his progress in the Reds' first-team over the past 18 months.

Frimpong added: "I think this is the best stadium I played in when I was with Leverkusen: the atmosphere, the fans, the team as well.

For me, playing against Liverpool when I was in Leverkusen, really difficult.

Obviously Leverkusen were still good but you can see that Liverpool is next level."