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Max Mallow

Jeremie Frimpong Given Surprise Role in Liverpool Pre-Season Friendly

Jeremie Frimpong started out of position in a closed-doors friendly against Stoke City. | IMAGO/Every Second Media

Liverpool summer signing Jeremie Frimpong impressed in a closed-doors pre-season friendly against Stoke City this week as chatter hit social media about his performance out of position.

Frimpong, formerly of Bayer Leverkusen, signed for Liverpool this summer replacing the outgoing Trent Alexander-Arnold. Primarily playing as a wingback under Xabi Alonso in Germany, Frimpong was deemed a natural replacement for Alexander-Arnold to complete the back four alongside Milos Kerkez. The Netherlands international has a different skillset to his predecessor, but his blistering pace makes him a threat down the right flank at all times. So much so, that Arne Slot experimented with pushing him further up the pitch against Stoke City.

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