{"id":153804,"date":"2025-06-03T03:43:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T03:43:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/153804\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T03:43:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T03:43:12","slug":"rio-ferdinand-hurt-after-liverpool-beats-manchester-united-with-key-new-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/153804\/","title":{"rendered":"Rio Ferdinand ‘hurt’ after Liverpool beats Manchester United with key new signing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool wrapped up the signing of Jeremie Frimpong after agreeing to pay his \u00a329.5million release clause to Bayer Leverkusen, beating Manchester United to the full-back\"RioRio said the Liverpool transfer news “hurt” him(Image: PA)<\/p>\n

Rio Ferdinand was gutted to see Jeremie Frimpong snub Manchester United for rivals Liverpool this summer. The Dutch international made the switch to Anfield<\/a> after the Reds agreed to pay his \u00a329.5million release clause at Bayer Leverkusen.<\/p>\n

Frimpong signed a five-year contract<\/a> with Liverpool, stepping in as a swift replacement for Trent Alexander-Arnold<\/a> following his move to Real Madrid<\/a>. Known for his attacking prowess, the 24 year old right-back notched up five goals and eight assists in the 2024\/25 season, adding to his impressive tally of 10 goals and seven assists from the previous campaign.<\/p>\n

Liverpool didn’t wait too long to fill the void left by Alexander-Arnold, and this has left Ferdinand feeling dow<\/a>n.<\/p>\n

\"RioRio wanted Frimpong for United(Image: TNT Sports)<\/p>\n

The ex-Manchester United centre-back believes Frimpong would have been a top fit for Ruben Amorim’s game plan.<\/p>\n

“Frimpong is going to Liverpool which will hurt me a little bit, I’ve got to be honest,” Ferdinand lamented on Rio Ferdinand Presents. “I think he would fit the way that Ruben Amorim wants to play perfectly.”<\/p>\n

Despite being a product of Manchester City’s academy, Frimpong had no second thoughts about joining Liverpool.<\/p>\n

Frimpong said: “It went quite easy. Liverpool came and said they had interest, and obviously for me it was a no-brainer.<\/p>\n

“For me, it was like, ‘Whatever you guys do, just get this done’, [speaking to] my agents: ‘Just get this done.'”.<\/p>\n

“Liverpool fans, I’m going to give my all, my energy, my work-rate and hopefully we can win together, we celebrate together, get everything together.<\/p>\n

“I’m just excited to be here. Thank you guys for accepting me and I won’t let you guys down and I’ll give you the energy that you guys want.”<\/p>\n

\"frimpongFrimpong said it was easy for him to sign on to Liverpool(Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Despite his disappointment, Ferdinand has been chuffed with how quick Manchester United<\/a> have been off the mark in the transfer window. The Red Devils have already wrapped up the deal for Matheus Cunha from Wolves.<\/p>\n

“I have to say, I’m really excited about Cunha signing,” Ferdinand gushed. “I’m happy we signed him, I’m happy with how aggressive we’ve been immediately, acting on it instantly.”<\/p>\n

He went on: “I think this is a great start to the transfer window. If I was advising the recruitment team on anything now, I would be saying: ‘Please make sure you do not forget an experienced No.9’.<\/p>\n

“I’m not going to say names, I’ve said the names too many times, and I would go and get a midfielder as well. A midfielder that can dictate the player and pass and be the orchestrator, but he also needs to have some legs about him as well.<\/p>\n

“That’s what Ruben Amorim’s teams are about, they do that. Those two players would be the next ones, a centre-forward and a central midfielder, also a right-back.”<\/p>\n

For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking <\/strong>here<\/a> <\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool wrapped up the signing of Jeremie Frimpong after agreeing to pay his \u00a329.5million release clause to Bayer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":153805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,15038,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-153804","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-rio-ferdinand","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114617372158290618","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/153805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}