Fan Dan Clubbe from Redmen TV says it will be “fascinating” to watch new Liverpool signing Jeremie Frimpong, who he believes has “world-class qualities”.
Frimpong’s arrival was announced just hours after the club confirmed Trent Alexander-Arnold would be joining Real Madrid, but the Netherlands international will offer a different kind of threat for Arne Slot’s side.
“To replace Alexander-Arnold with another right-back who has caught the eye, garnered attention across Europe and won the Bundesliga as a key part of Xabi Alonso’s Bayer Leverkusen side is a a really shrewd and smart signing,” Clubbe said.
“The release clause is £30m – he’s worth double that. You could buy him for £30m and sell him for £60m the next day – that’s the quality of footballer we’re talking about.
“He’ll be fascinating to watch. He’s a right-back in name only really. Not many elite teams across Europe play with wing-backs, so unless you follow Xabi Alonso round your whole career what are you going to do next?
“He wants to be viewed as a right-back but, make no mistake, he’s going to be an incredible watch. He’s going to be really fun and exciting because he’s got raw pace, he wants to be involved in attacking situations and will play with desire and freedom to get forward.
“Trent was different, he played in a standing-still position and sprayed passes a lot of the time. Frimpong is essentially just a right-sided footballer who can play as a winger as well.
“If we don’t supplement Mo Salah this summer, he will miss games because of Afcon and Frimpong could be very important then.
“Liverpool have signed someone who may not be in the world-class bracket yet but has world-class qualities.”
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