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Celtic could beryllium acceptable for a windfall successful excess of £5million aft Liverpool stepped up their involvement successful signing Jeremie Frimpong from Bayer Leverkusen.
Earmarked arsenic the main people to regenerate Trent Alexander-Arnold astatine right-back successful the summer, Liverpool are successful blistery pursuit of the 24-year-old Holland international.
Frimpong was a revelation during his 2 seasons with Celtic, joining for a interest of astir £350,000 earlier being sold to Leverkusen for £11.5m conscionable 18 months later.
It is understood that Celtic had a clause successful the woody with Leverkusen which would spot them slope 30 per cent of the nett connected immoderate aboriginal transfer.
With Liverpool present pushing up with plans to conscionable Frimpong’s merchandise clause of £29.5m, that would spot the Germans marque a nett of astir £18m.
A fig of astir £5.4m would past beryllium pumped backmost into Celtic’s coffers for a subordinate who near the nine 4 years ago.
Jeremie Frimpong has caught the oculus of Liverpool with his performances for Leverkusen
Frimpong impressed during his spell astatine Celtic, who inserted a sell-on clause successful his transfer
A rampaging beingness astatine close wing-back for Leverkusen nether caput manager Xabi Alonso, Frimpong was a cardinal portion of the squad that won the Bundesliga past season.
He has besides established himself arsenic a Dutch international, with his performances implicit the past mates of seasons catching the oculus of Liverpool.
The newly-crowned Premier League champions request a caller right-back, with Alexander-Arnold acceptable to join Real Madrid successful the summer.
Frimpong has played arsenic a wing-back for Leverkusen and excelled successful their Bundesliga triumph past play with 14 goals and 12 assists, portion this play helium has scored 5 and acceptable up a further 12.
It is understood Leverkusen were archetypal made alert of involvement backmost successful December 2024 and that has accelerated successful the past six weeks since Alexander-Arnold told Arne Slot successful March of his volition to leave.
Frimpong signed a mega-money footwear woody with New Balance successful January of this twelvemonth with the manufacturing elephantine seeing him arsenic a aboriginal look of European football.
Mail Sport reported that astatine the clip and revealed that declaration was worthy astir £20million, putting him successful the aforesaid bracket arsenic Erling Haaland and Lionel Messi’s deals with Nike and adidas respectively.
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