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Had he lived a bit closer to Liverpool as a youngster, though, the move might have happened a lot sooner.

Links with the Bayer Leverkusen star are seemingly growing stronger by the hour for the Reds.

Frimpong has of course caught the eye in the last couple of years at Leverkusen, particularly as part of Xabi Alonso’s side that completed an unbeaten domestic double last season.

But Liverpool has been aware of the Netherlands international for even longer — in fact, he could have joined the Reds at the age of nine.

Frimpong was highly sought after as a youngster, with Liverpool among the clubs who tried to sign him during his formative years.

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Jeremie Frimpong could join Liverpool this summer.

Alas, the Reds would miss out on Frimpong as he instead joined Manchester City, despite him having already chosen Liverpool.

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Frimpong would stay at City until 2019, but wouldn’t go on to make a first-team appearance for the club before leaving for Celtic.

After two years in Glasgow, which included a treble in his first season, he made the move over to Germany with Leverkusen, where his performances under former Liverpool midfielder Alonso have earmarked as a potential replacement for the outgoing Alexander-Arnold this summer.

"Since I got here for the first time, since the first day, Jeremie has been a key player for us and for myself," Alonso has said about Frimpong
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