Jeremie Frimpong Can Be the Wide Provider That Assists SalahAs Liverpool await the formalities in the Alexander Isak saga, their summer business already features one quietly transformational signing. ...
Jeremie Frimpong Can Be the Wide Provider That Assists Salah
As Liverpool await the formalities in the Alexander Isak saga, their summer business already features one quietly transformational signing. Jeremie Frimpong’s £30 million arrival from Bayer Leverkusen offers more than just depth — it represents a restoration of structure and tactical clarity to the right-hand side of Liverpool’s evolving attack. It’s smart and creative, which can allow more than meets the eye.
Where Trent Alexander-Arnold once dominated as a wide-angled deliverer of elite quality, in recent years, that role has been clouded by an attempt to redefine him as a hybrid central playmaker. That shift, encouraged under Jürgen Klopp and Pepijn Lijnders, yielded mixed results from an 18-month utilised period. It sometimes distanced Trent from the areas he once ruled, and left Liverpool vulnerable in transition. Under Arne Slot, there’s now a clearer return to role-specific function — and in Frimpong, Liverpool may have secured a tailor-made, hyper-modern wing-back to turbocharge the right flank and support Mohamed Salah as he enters his twilight years.
It’s not just about replacing Trent’s output or trying to recreate his game style, which remains bespoke. It’s about building a system that enables Salah to remain the club’s talisman without burdening him with width creation, ball progression, and isolation battles all on his own.
Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong will bring the best out of each other. pic.twitter.com/o62pSS9hrY
— Aviero🇵🇷🥷🏽 (@lfc_aviero) August 1, 2025
Restoring the Right Side: Frimpong’s Directness and Width
Frimpong is not a conventional full-back, with more of his best traits seeing as more winger than anything. He’s not even a traditional wing-back. He is, in many ways, a winger with the work rate of a defender and the positional intelligence of a modern attacking full-back. His work under Xabi Alonso at Leverkusen showcased a player who thrives in space, crashes the byline relentlessly, and delivers with both intent and regularity.
In tight, low-block matches last season — particularly late in the 2024/25 title-winning campaign — Salah was repeatedly swarmed by double coverage, as opponents tried to stifle his game. Opposition teams treated him as Liverpool’s only consistent creative outlet, therefore, respect was portrayed by numbers. With no explosive overlapping threat to distract or stretch the line, Salah was often forced deeper or wider, nullifying his ability to affect the game centrally. That will now change and though it is forced by the departure of Trent, it can somewhat improve all other aspects.
Frimpong, or Conor Bradley depending on match rhythm and fixture load, gives Liverpool a true release valve on the right-hand side. Defenders will be forced to engage, or be burned for pace on the outside. The Dutchman’s acceleration is almost unique in world football, and when paired with Salah’s movements into the half-space, it creates a scenario where Liverpool’s No. 11 becomes less predictable, more dangerous, and far harder to mark.
His inclusion also restores width and threat symmetry to Liverpool’s wide areas. While Milos Kerkez offers thrust and vertical power on the left, Frimpong’s relentless output down the right ensures Arne Slot has players who can stretch opposition shapes and deliver quality balls into an increasingly dynamic front line. The overloading capabilities are endless and could easily see the future of the flanks driven to new levels.
Players this quick usually have dodgy decision making but he constantly picks the right person out in the box https://t.co/lOxTeS5STz
— Sean (@SeanDOlfc) July 21, 2025
A New Dynamic Front Five Emerging
With Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike already in, Alexander Isak set to join, and Rodrygo heavily linked, Liverpool are building a new attacking structure — one that embraces verticality, intelligence, and fluidity. The wide service from full-backs like Frimpong and Kerkez becomes critical in that evolution, with a new approach to how the ball is progressed in wide areas.
Unlike Trent, who often sought to dictate rhythm with long switches or central incursions, Frimpong’s play is about sharpness and repetition. He doesn’t pause or ponder, he attacks space and creates continual motion. He arrives. He delivers. And he does so without dragging the team out of shape, which enables him to coordinate his teammates whilst unravelling the setup of his opponents.
That ability will unlock Salah further, which is a must as he enters his twilight years. By next season, we may see a Liverpool attack featuring Isak down the middle, Wirtz between the lines, and Salah ghosting into the penalty box while Frimpong drags a full-back wide. That balance hasn’t existed since the heyday of Robertson and Alexander-Arnold as pure overlapping threats.
Slot’s vision, coupled with the astuteness of Michael Edwards and Richard Hughes, is creating a forward-thinking Liverpool built on both world-class stars and system players who elevate them. Frimpong may not be the marquee name this summer, but his impact could be the most pronounced in restoring Salah’s space, freedom, and final-third dominance.
With one signing, Liverpool hasn’t just added a right-back to replace a generational talent. They’ve reactivated an entire channel of play, and potentially extended the peak of a legend.
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