Total Celtic Frimpong profit as Liverpool timeline emerges
The Hoops negotiated a clause when selling the right-back to Leverkusen for an initial £11.5m in 2021, entitling them to 30 per cent of the profit banked whenever he moved on again.
Frimpong has become one the most sought after full-backs in world football after helping Xabi Alonso's side to the Bundesliga title in 2024, interesting a host of English clubs over the past year or two.
It is Liverpool who have won the race to sign the 24-year-old in one of this summer's worst kept secrets.
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It has been expected to go through for some time now and the Daily Mail are reporting it will be announced soon after the opening of the transfer window, which is this Sunday.
The Premier League champions are poised to trigger Frimpong's release clause of £33.7m (€40m) which places the Bundesliga side's profit at
With the Hoops due 30 per cent of that, their windfall will be £5.5m.
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