David Ornstein has talked up the potential for Liverpool transferring for one participant this summer season who’s reportedly ‘eager’ on a transfer to Anfield.
With Trent Alexander-Arnold confirming on Monday that he’ll go away his hometown membership on the finish of this season, the Reds may plausibly be out there for a substitute over the subsequent few months.
Yesterday, we solely reported on EOTK that Merseyside chiefs are making ready a gap provide for Jeremie Frimpong, and a possible swoop for the Bayer Leverkusen right-back has additionally been mooted by the-ever dependable journalist from The Athletic.
What has Ornstein stated about Frimpong and Liverpool?
Talking on NBC Sports activities, Ornstein talked about that the Netherlands worldwide could also be available on the market this summer season and could be open to signing for the Premier League champions.
The reporter outlined: “In the event that they went for one thing completely different, one thing extra multi-faceted, there are gamers doubtlessly available on the market like a Jeremie Frimpong of Bayer Leverkusen.
“He has a €35m (£29.8m) launch clause, one thing within the area of that, as I perceive it. I additionally consider that he could be eager on a transfer to Liverpool, in the event that they resolve to go down that route. They’ll produce other choices as properly, however Frimpong has been talked about in quite a lot of studies thus far.”
What a chance for Liverpool to tug off a severe switch coup!
If certainly the 24-year-old is enthusiastic in regards to the prospect of signing for Liverpool, then Richard Hughes could be silly to not push onerous for the participant in the summertime switch window.
As glorious as Conor Bradley has confirmed to be, his damage report over the previous couple of years signifies that going into subsequent season with him as our solely pure senior right-back could be dangerous within the excessive, even with Joe Gomez and Jarell Quansah able to deputising in that place.
Frimpong would seem like as near a like-for-like substitute for Trent as you possibly can want to get, with the Leverkusen dynamo an attacking drive of nature from the fitting flank, having scored 18 targets and equipped 24 assists over the previous couple of campaigns.
In comparison with different full-backs in Europe’s 5 leagues within the final 12 months, he ranks within the high 1% together with his match averages for non-penalty xG and touches within the opposition penalty space, along with the highest 2% for progressive carries, high 5% for photographs taken and high 7% for anticipated assisted targets (FBref).
For Liverpool to get a right-back of the 24-year-old’s confirmed high quality for simply £30m could be an astonishing coup in immediately’s market, and with Ornstein reliably indicating that the Dutchman appears ‘eager’ on becoming a member of the Reds, Hughes may hardly want for a extra inviting switch alternative!
