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Jeremie Frimpong and Xabi Alonso pictured together during their time at Bayer Leverkusen (Image: Ina Fassbender/AFP via Getty Images.)

Reported Liverpool transfer target Jeremie Frimpong's numbers speak for themselves.

Thirty goals and 44 assists in 190 appearances for Bayer Leverkusen are remarkable.

But they are the type of figures Liverpool will need if they are to replace one incredibly creative and decisive attacking right-back with another.

While different players with different skillsets, a common denominator between Frimpong and Trent Alexander-Arnold, the man who according to reports he is set to replace at Anfield, is that they deliver in the final third of the field.

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But when making signings, the Reds place as much emphasis on the character of the player they are bringing into the dressing room as much as their ability on the pitch.

And on that front, if the reports are to be believed and the new Premier League champions do trigger Frimpong's €40m release clause, it would appear they would have no problem on that front.

The 24-year-old has spent the past two seasons under Xabi Alonso at Leverkusen, playing a vitally important role as they won the Bundesliga title for the first time in the club's history last season and, for the first time in German football, going unbeaten as well.

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The BayArena outfit also won the German Cup but were beaten by an excellent Atalanta team - who had knocked out Liverpool earlier on in the competition - in the final of Europa League.

After winning the German Super Cup in August, Leverkusen have been unable to add further silverware this season, as Bayern Munich resume their dominance, and it was confirmed at the weekend that Alonso would be leaving at the end of the campaign.

The Liverpool legend is set to take over at Real Madrid, where one of his summer signings is expected to be Alexander-Arnold, who will not be renewing his contract with his boyhood club.

It has been suggested the Reds are in talks with Leverkusen to make Frimpong their new right-back.

And Alonso has never shied away from speaking just how special the Netherlands international is both on and off the field.

"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.

But as well as become more mature."

The feeling is clearly mutual with Frimpong saying on Instagram after Alonso's departure from Leverkusen was announced: "Lived it.

Farewell, coach."

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The ECHO had previously reported that should the Reds pursue a new right-back, Frimpong would be a player of interest, particularly given his release clause of around £30m that can be triggered this summer.