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Netherlands manager Ronald Koeman speaks with Jeremie Frimpong(Image: ANP via Getty Images)<\/p>\nRonald Koeman has admitted he doesn’t consider new Liverpool signing Jeremie Frimpong to be a right-backNetherlands manager Ronald Koeman speaks with Jeremie Frimpong(Image: ANP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Ronald Koeman has revealed he doesn\u2019t consider right-back to be Jeremie Frimpong\u2019s best position. Liverpool signed the Netherlands international in a \u00a329.5m deal from Bayer Leverkusen last month as a replacement for departing vice-captain Trent Alexander-Arnold.<\/p>\n
While the Reds play with a back four, Leverkusen predominantly lined up with three centre-backs and wing-backs. But while it might not have been his usual position in Germany, Frimpong<\/a> does still have experience as a full-back.<\/p>\n However, the 24-year-old can also play further forward in a front three, with such versatility proving to be additional motivation for Liverpool<\/a> ahead of making their move.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Liverpool squad in full as three players hint at exits and Florian Wirtz transfer talks continue<\/a>READ MORE: Jeremie Frimpong hands Arne Slot big bonus – He’s in my Liverpool team from day one but has to show up<\/a><\/p>\n Frimpong can be used as an alternative to Mohamed Salah<\/a>, with the Egyptian set to miss up to 10 matches when the Africa Cup of Nations takes place this winter.<\/p>\n And Koeman has admitted he actually considers right winger to be the Dutchman\u2019s best position.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it’s the first time that Jeremie and Denzel played together,\u201d he said after the Netherlands\u2019 2-0 victory over Finland, having started Frimpong in the front three. \u201cIn my opinion, Jeremie is a right winger on the ball.<\/p>\n \u201cDenzel will have to deal with that. He has that ability. It’s also a lot of experience and playing matches with Jeremie. I’m positive about that.\u201d<\/p>\n Frimpong won his 13th international cap against Finland as Koeman handed him his seventh start.<\/p>\n Only two of his Netherlands appearances have come at right-back, with five of his starts and five of his substitute outings coming as a right-winger.<\/p>\n While Frimpong is a very different type of player to Alexander-Arnold, Koeman’s faith in his attacking abilities and on the ball at least bode well as Liverpool head into a season without their long-serving full-back for the first time in 10 years.<\/p>\n But while Frimpong might have played predominantly as a wing-back for Leverkusen and right-winger for the Netherlands, Bundesliga pundit Erik Meijer insists playing at full-back will not be a problem for the Liverpool summer signing.<\/p>\n \u201cNo (it won\u2019t be an issue for him), because Leverkusen also swapped the system,\u201d the former Reds and Bayer Leverkusen striker explained in an exclusive interview<\/a> with the ECHO<\/a>. \u201cIn some games they played with four at the back and he was the one on the right side. So for him it’s not a problem, he played both systems.<\/p>\n \u201cThat’s a big bonus for Frimpong because he can play both positions (right-back and right wing), so more to the back or more offensively and that’s the same what (Xabi) Alonso did with him.<\/p>\n \u201cSometimes he played in the back four and sometimes he just played the offensive, more offensive role.<\/p>\n \u201cThat’s always nice for a coach, that you have somebody in that position who’s flexible.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ronald Koeman has admitted he doesn’t consider new Liverpool signing Jeremie Frimpong to be a right-backNetherlands manager Ronald…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[18519,763,71101,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-170720","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-jeremie-frimpong","9":"tag-liverpool-fc","10":"tag-ronald-koeman","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114654425142291340","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170720","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=170720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}