Liverpool are near finishing a deal to signal Jeremie Frimpong from Bayer Leverkusen, with the participant set to fly to the UK for a medical on Monday.
Frimpong, whose launch clause stands at €35m (£29.5m), has instructed Leverkusen he needs to depart the Bundesliga membership and the Reds have met his launch clause.
Liverpool boss Arne Slot extremely charges the right-back, who also can play as a winger.
The Netherlands worldwide was a key member of the Leverkusen staff that received the German home double final season.
Celtic have a sell-on clause which could possibly be value about £5m.
Leverkusen signed Frimpong from Celtic in a deal value as much as £11.5m in January 2021.
Frimpong moved from Manchester Metropolis’s academy to Celtic for £300,000 in September 2019.
Sky Sports activities Information had beforehand reported the defender can be joyful to maneuver to Anfield if the membership determined to signal a right-back to exchange Trent Alexander-Arnold this summer time.
Alexander-Arnold has introduced he’ll go away the membership when his contract expires on June 30.
Conor Bradley, 21, is ending the season as Liverpool’s first-choice right-back as they plan for the long run with out Alexander-Arnold.
Slot: It is onerous to strengthen our squad
With the Premier League title wrapped up three weeks in the past hypothesis has already begun about the place else Liverpool will look to strengthen their squad in preparation for a renewed problem from the likes of Manchester Metropolis and Arsenal.
Talking forward of Monday’s sport with Brighton, dwell on Sky Sports activities, Slot mentioned including to their ranks can be difficult – and admitted he additionally has to discover a means of protecting joyful fringe gamers who’ve barely featured this season.
“I’ve said many times already that we, as a club, are very happy with the players we’ve got,” he mentioned.
“Part of it is our decision but in some situations players that haven’t played a lot are not looking forward to another season not playing a lot.
“So, there’s all the time an ongoing course of and we’ve to guarantee that we’re ready if we are able to strengthen the squad.
“But it’s difficult to strengthen this squad. There’s a reason why we won the league – because we have so many great players.
“It is an ongoing course of, what we’re speaking about. I believe this membership has proven so many instances prior to now that they’ll make the proper selections.
“And we made the right decision this season as well not to bring in a player at all – except for Federico Chiesa [for £10m] – and that worked out quite well.”
