Below is a summary of the full article. Click here for the full version or go back to LFC Live.net

"You only live once, so while we're on this earth, just have fun, love others and just give it positive energy - and then life's good," says Jeremie Frimpong.

Life is never dull when the Dutchman, who is close to completing a £29.5m move to Liverpool from Bayer Leverkusen, is around.

From entertaining goal celebrations, which include getting team-mates to shine his boots, to amusing post-match television interviews, right-sided defender Frimpong is all about fun.

"I like the pink by the way," he told German football expert Archie Rhind-Tutt, who was wearing a pink jacket, in one live post-match television interview.

"Very nice!"

"Often in football it becomes so serious that player interviews can be a bit dull," former Germany midfielder Thomas Hitzlsperger tells BBC Sport.

"Frimpong hasn't lost any of that freshness, that sense of 'I am enjoying what I am doing here'.

He is different and he has such a refreshing tone."

Another goal celebration with Leverkusen team-mate Amine Adli went viral on social media after Frimpong celebrated with a smoking gesture,, external just two days after Germany partly decriminalised marijuana use.

Do not, however, be fooled by Frimpong's playful manner.

Liverpool are investing in a serious talent, who started out in Manchester City's academy system, showed promise at Celtic before making a name for himself with Bayer Leverkusen.

After four years in Germany, Frimpong is set to return to England after helping Xabi Alonso's side break Bayern Munich's dominance and deliver a memorable league and cup double in 2023-24.

Chris Sutton, a Premier League winner with Blackburn in 1994-95, adds: "He's one who I think has been on the radar for a lot of the really high-profile clubs for a while now and now it is about him making that next step."


For more news relating to Manchester City, visit our sister site City Latest Live.