
Liverpool are close to completing a deal to sign Jeremie Frimpong from Bayer Leverkusen, with the player set to fly to the UK for a medical on Monday.
Frimpong, whose release clause stands at €35m (£29.5m), has told Leverkusen he wants to leave the Bundesliga club and the Reds have met his release clause.
Liverpool boss Arne Slot highly rates the right-back, who can also play as a winger.
The Netherlands international was a key member of the Leverkusen team that won the German domestic double last season.
Celtic have a sell-on clause which could be worth about £5m.
Leverkusen signed Frimpong from Celtic in a deal worth up to £11.5m in January 2021.
Frimpong moved from Manchester City’s academy to Celtic for £300,000 in September 2019.
Sky Sports News had previously reported the defender would be happy to move to Anfield if the club decided to sign a right-back to replace Trent Alexander-Arnold this summer.
Alexander-Arnold has announced he will leave the club 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 future without Alexander-Arnold.
Slot: It’s hard to strengthen our squad
With the Premier League title wrapped up three weeks ago speculation has already begun about where else Liverpool will look to strengthen their squad in preparation for a renewed challenge from the likes of Manchester City and Arsenal.
Speaking ahead of Monday’s game with Brighton, live on Sky Sports, Slot said adding to their ranks would be tricky – and admitted he also has to find a way of keeping happy fringe players who have 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 said.
“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 always an ongoing process and we have to make sure that we are prepared if we can 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’s an ongoing process, what we are talking about. I think this club has shown so many times in the past that they will make the right decisions.
“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.”
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