Liverpool transfer news: Reds 'set sights' on £60m-rated January replacement for Jeremie Frimpong

By Seye Omidiora | 12 Oct 2026 03:56, Last updated: 12 Oct 2026 03:56

Liverpool are understood to beryllium weighing up a determination for a caller right-back successful January, with increasing doubts implicit Jeremie Frimpong’s form.

The 25-year-old has yet to person the Anfield hierarchy since his £29.5m power from Bayer Leverkusen past summer.

Frimpong has recovered it hard to set to the demands of the Premier League and has not established himself arsenic a regular starter.

A mid-season signing is not considered indispensable astatine this stage, but Football Insider reports that Liverpool are exploring imaginable antiaircraft reinforcements down the scenes aft previous links to Chelsea's Malo Gusto.

Why are Liverpool reportedly disquieted astir Frimpong?

The Dutch wing-back began the home run successful the starting broadside for manager Andoni Iraola’s archetypal 2 matches, but a tally of below-par displays saw him driblet to the bench.

Frimpong's antiaircraft shortcomings person travel nether expanding scrutiny successful caller months, with Liverpool keeping 3 successive cleanable sheets aft helium was near retired of the starting XI.

The concern has been made much hard by ongoing fittingness concerns implicit Conor Bradley, who remains connected a lengthy betterment programme.

With constricted dependable screen astatine right-back, the root supra reports that the Reds are present assessing respective possibilities.

Barcelona defender 'understood to be' connected Liverpool’s radar

Liverpool scouts are said to beryllium monitoring a scope of home and European options up of the caller year.

Jules Kounde has emerged arsenic a starring campaigner aft losing his spot successful Barcelona’s starting XI nether Hansi Flick.

The 27-year-old’s deficiency of regular crippled clip has fuelled speculation that the France planetary could see a high-profile determination distant from the Nou Camp.

Barcelona are not presently looking to authorisation a imperishable departure, but reports suggest an connection exceeding £60m could transportation the Catalan nine to judge a reluctant sale.