Celtic could be fixed for a boon of more than 5 million pounds sterling after Liverpool intensified their interest in sign Jeremie Frimpong de Bayer Leverkusen.
Considered the main objective to replace Trent Alexander-Arnold at the back in summer, Liverpool is looking for the 24-year-old Dutch international.
Frimpong was a revelation during his two seasons with Celtic, joining the costs of around £ 350,000 before being sold in Leverkusen for 11.5 million pounds sterling only 18 months later.
It is understood that Celtic had a clause in the agreement with Leverkusen who would see them bench of 30% of the profits on any future transfer.
With Liverpool, which is now advancing with plans to respond to the Frimpong Liberation Clause of 29.5 million pounds sterling, it would see the Germans achieved a profit of around 18 million pounds Sterling.
A figure of around 5.4 million pounds sterling would then be picked up in the Celtic chests for a player who left the club four years ago.
Jeremie Frimpong drew Liverpool’s attention with his performance for Leverkusen
Frimpong impressed during his fate in Celtic, who inserted a sales clause in his transfer
A unleashed presence on the right back for Leverkusen under the Xabi Alonso head coach, Frimpong was a key element of the team that won the Bundesliga last season.
He also established himself as a Dutch international, with his performances in the past two seasons, attracting the attention of Liverpool.
The newly crowned Premier League champions need a new back-back, with Alexander-Arnold to join Real Madrid in summer.
Frimpong played like a wing for Leverkusen and excelled in their triumph of Bundesliga last season with 14 goals and 12 assists, while this season, he scored five and installed 12 others.
It is understood that Leverkusen was first informed of interest in December 2024 and which accelerated in the last six weeks since Alexander-Arnold told Arne Slot in March of her intention to leave.
FRIMPONG signed a mega-money start-up agreement with New Balance in January of this year, the manufacturing giant considering it as a future face of European football.
Mail Sport reported that at the time and revealed that the contract was worth around 20 million pounds sterling, putting it in the same support as the Erling Haaland and Lionel Messi agreements with Nike and Adidas respectively.
