Jeremie Frimpong couldn’t assist however ‘smile’ after listening to about Liverpool signing Florian Wirtz within the prior summer season switch window.
The previous Bayer Leverkusen duo arrived at Anfield within the final window, with the Reds activating the fullback’s £29.5m launch clause.
£100m (not together with add-ons) was the payment that noticed his outdated Bundesliga colleague make the change to English soccer – a determine Jurgen Klopp branded ‘insane’.
Jeremie Frimpong’s response to Florian Wirtz switch
Frimpong admitted he was personally delighted to see Wirtz make the transfer to L4 in the summertime.
In feedback relayed on X (previously Twitter) by the Liverpool Echo’s Paul Gorst, the speedy right-back spoke of his optimistic relationship with the attacking midfielder from their days collectively at BayArena.
Jeremie Frimpong: “I believe me and Flo are actually good boys, , that is my boy. So, after I heard he was coming, I put a smile on my face as a result of we principally began our Leverkusen profession collectively. And we’re beginning our Liverpool profession collectively as properly.” pic.twitter.com/jsoqIcldwI
— Paul Gorst (@ptgorst) January 3, 2026
How is Wirtz getting on at Liverpool?
A lot in an identical vein to how Arne Slot perceives our signing of Alexander Isak from Newcastle, we’ve got to just accept Wirtz could be very a lot a long-term addition.
It could be wildly impatient of any fan to expect participant of the 12 months performances on the common from our summer season signing.
That mentioned, we’re very a lot witnessing the 22-year-old trending in the proper path on Merseyside.
Barring two irritating shows in opposition to Leeds United, Florian Wirtz hasn’t averaged beneath a 7/10 score in his final eight video games in all competitions, in keeping with Fotmob.
Video games
Ranking
Leeds (0-0 draw)
6.7/10
Wolves (2-1 win)
9/10
Tottenham (2-1 win)
8.6/10
Brighton (2-0 win)
8.4/10
Inter (1-0 win)
7.3/10
Leeds (3-3 draw)
6.8/10
Sunderland (1-1 draw)
7.7/10
West Ham (2-0 win)
7.2/10
Florian Wirtz stays a inventive wrecking ball
It shouldn’t go under-emphasised that our quantity seven stays considered one of Europe’s premier likelihood creators (in comparison with his positional friends).
Sure, this knowledge attracts on performances from the final one year, however we’ve seen a lot already to recommend that our new inventive lynchpin is able to translating his skillset to the Premier League persistently.
So while we agree that the cash required to convey Wirtz to Anfield positively falls into the ‘insane’ class, it’s more likely to be greater than justified over the course of his five-year contract.
Within the meantime, it might actually assist issues if this Liverpool aspect as a collective might uncover some consistency on the pitch.
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