Liverpool sell Quansah to Bayer Leverkusen in £35m deal

Bayer Leverkusen have signed defender Jarell Quansah from Liverpool in a £35m deal.

The 22-year-old centre-back has joined the German Bundesliga club on a five-year contract.

Quansah was part of the England side that won the European Under-21 Championship by beating Germany in the final on Saturday.

His move is the third deal between the clubs this summer after Liverpool signed midfielder Florian Wirtz and defender Jeremie Frimpong.

Newcastle wanted to sign Quansah last summer, as part of a deal to send winger Anthony Gordon to Liverpool, but the Reds turned down the proposal.

As Quansah is a homegrown player, the fee Liverpool received from Leverkusen will be recorded as 'pure' profit with regards to profit and sustainability rules (PSR).

Quansah came through the Liverpool academy and made 58 appearances for the club, scoring three goals.

He helped the Reds win the League Cup in 2024 and made 13 league appearances last season as Arne Slot's side won the Premier League.

"He has already made an impressive impact in a Liverpool defence dominated by world-class players," said Leverkusen sporting director Simon Rolfes.

"With Jarell, our defence gains significant dynamism, pace and toughness in tackling, and he's another very important building block for the future."

Liverpool are interested in Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guehi, amid uncertainty over Ibrahima Konate's future.

The France centre-back has 12 months left on his contract at Anfield and is yet to agree an extension, while Joe Gomez's future is also unclear.

Liverpool sign Frimpong from Leverkusen for £29.5m

Liverpool FC have agreed the signing of Jeremie Frimpong from Bayer Leverkusen.

The Netherlands international put pen to paper on a long-term contract with the Reds at the AXA Training Centre on Friday after successfully passing a medical.

Speaking to Liverpoolfc.com for the first time, Frimpong said: “It went quite easy. Liverpool came and said they had interest, and obviously for me it was a no-brainer.

“For me, it was like, ‘Whatever you guys do, just get this done’, [speaking to] my agents: ‘Just get this done.’

“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.

“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.”

The versatile right-sided player arrives at Anfield after four-and-a-half seasons in Germany with Leverkusen, where he made 190 appearances, scored 30 goals and produced 44 assists.

Frimpong was part of the Leverkusen side that made history by winning the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal in 2023-24, with their record 51-match unbeaten run ending in the Europa League final.

On an individual level, the 24-year-old was named in the Bundesliga Team of the Season for 2022-23 and 2023-24.

The Amsterdam-born Frimpong began his career in the youth ranks at Manchester City before heading north of the border to Celtic in 2019.

He enjoyed a year-and-a-half stint in Scotland and won three major honours there, prior to Leverkusen acquiring his services.

Frimpong made his debut with the senior Dutch national team in October 2023 and has 12 caps and one goal for his country to date.

“I spoke to the manager a few times,” he said. “He sounds very positive. He says I can bring a lot of energy and my qualities, my speed.

“Especially when a manager is talking positively about you, it gives you very good confidence that he believes in you. I’ve had good conversations with him.

“I’m really excited [to work with Arne Slot]. Even when I was at [the] national team, some of the Feyenoord boys would tell me about him and be like, ‘He’s the best coach I’ve ever had.’ Things like this.

“So, I’ve always heard good things about the coach. Now he’s going to be my coach, so I’m excited for that.”

Frimpong’s official squad number for the Reds will be confirmed later this summer.

via Liverpoolfc.com

Liverpool v Bayer Leverkusen - Player Stats

Player	Apps	Goals	Discipline
Didi Hamann	4	1	1
Jamie Carragher	4	-	1
Jerzy Dudek	4	-	1
John Arne Riise	4	1	1
Sami Hyypia	4	1	1
Vladimir Smicer	4	-	-
Steven Gerrard	3	-	-
Danny Murphy	2	-	-
Emile Heskey	2	-	-
Igor Biscan	2	-	-
Jari Litmanen	2	1	-
Luis Garcia	2	3	-
Michael Owen	2	-	-
Milan Baros	2	1	-
Patrik Berger	2	-	-
Stephane Henchoz	2	-	1
Steve Finnan	2	-	-
Abel Xavier	1	1	1
Alexis Mac Allister	1	-	-
Andy Robertson	1	-	-
Anthony Le Tallec	1	-	-
Antonio Nunez	1	-	-
Caoimhin Kelleher	1	-	-
Cody Gakpo	1	1	-
Conor Bradley	1	-	-
Curtis Jones	1	-	-
Darren Potter	1	-	-
Darwin Nunez	1	-	-
Djimi Traoré	1	-	-
Dominik Szoboszlai	1	-	-
Harry Kewell	1	-	-
Ibrahima Konaté	1	-	-
Jarell Quansah	1	-	-
John Welsh	1	-	-
Kostas Tsimikas	1	-	-
Luis Diaz	1	3	-
Mohamed Salah	1	-	-
Ryan Gravenberch	1	-	-
Stephen Warnock	1	-	-
Trent Alexander-Arnold	1	-	-
Virgil Van Dijk	1	-	-

Champions League Matchday 4 - Liverpool 4-0 Bayer Leverkusen Match Gallery

Champions League Matchday 4 - Liverpool 4-0 Bayer Leverkusen Match Report

Luis Diaz fired in a hat-trick to help Liverpool beat Bayer Leverkusen 4-0 at Anfield and maintain their perfect start in this season's Champions League.

A second-half flurry of goals on Tuesday night saw the Reds overcome Xabi Alonso's Bundesliga champions to take 12 points from their opening four matches in the league phase.

Diaz opened the game's scoring in the 61st minute and completed it in stoppage time, with Cody Gakpo also on the scoresheet by heading in the hosts' second of the evening.

Team news

Diaz and Curtis Jones were the only alterations to the XI that defeated Brighton & Hove Albion on the weekend.

First half

Although fireworks were going off outside the ground on Bonfire Night, there were very few explosions of action during a cagey start – aside from a few half-chances for both teams.

Indeed, Jones and Edmond Tapsoba had daisy-cutters easily saved by the opposing goalkeeper.

Leverkusen's appeal for a penalty for a Virgil van Dijk challenge on Jeremie Frimpong was turned down before Victor Boniface fired wide from a tight angle under pressure from the tracking Trent Alexander-Arnold.

In signs the game was opening up somewhat, Liverpool broke well after clearing a free-kick from the visitors but the swift move ended with Mohamed Salah firing straight at Lukas Hradecky.

And the ball was in the net just prior to the interval. Frimpong raced through on goal and swept past Caoimhin Kelleher, though the whistle went immediately to chalk the goal off due to an attacking handball.

Gakpo then tested Hradecky in the final opportunity of an unremarkable opening 45 minutes.

Second half

The Reds were seeing more of the ball after the break and looked far more threatening as a result.

Jones side-footed over from inside the box ahead of Salah getting his finish all wrong after terrific build-up play by Ryan Gravenberch.

But they would make the most of their next pair of chances around the hour mark.

Jones received a pass in between lines and threaded a perfect pass to find Diaz's run into the box, with the Colombian calmly lifting the ball over Hradecky.

The hosts' one-goal advantage became two very soon after with Gakpo's diving header at the back post. The flag had been raised to signal the goalscorer was offside when Salah fired the cross in – but VAR overturned the on-field decision, much to Anfield's delight.

Boniface headed wide in Leverkusen's best chance to halve the deficit, though they had Hradecky to thank when he palmed away an effort from Alexis Mac Allister.

Liverpool were looking to add to their lead and the third goal came seven minutes before the end, Diaz bringing down Salah's delivery into the box and nudging home from close range.

Kelleher ensured his side would leave with a clean sheet following three excellent saves as Diaz ended up securing the match ball in the second minute of added time.

The No.7 was alert to convert the rebound of a Darwin Nunez blocked shot after the substitute had led the way on a counter-attack.

Champions League Matchday 4 - Liverpool 4-0 Bayer Leverkusen Match Stats

Champions League, Matchday 4 Tuesday 5th November 2024
Liverpool	KICK OFF, 20:00pm	Bayer leverkusen
	4:0 Half-Time 0:0
Venue Anfield, Liverpool	Shirt Worn Home Kit	Live On Prime Video

Matchday Timeline
1:0	Luis Diaz (Goal 61'), Curtis Jones (Assist)
2:0	Cody Gakpo (Goal 65'), Mohamed Salah (Assist)
3:0	Luis Diaz (Goal 83'), Mohamed Salah (Assist)
4:0	Luis Diaz (Goal 90+2')

Matchday Line-Ups
62	Caoimhín Kelleher	1	Lukáš Hrádecký (Y, 60')
4	Virgil van Dijk	3	Piero Hincapié
5	Ibrahima Konaté	4	Jonathan Tah
21	Kostas Tsimikas	12	Edmond Tapsoba
66	Trent Alexander-Arnold	20	Álex Grimaldo
10	Alexis Mac Allister	30	Jeremie Frimpong
17	Curtis Jones	10	Florian Wirtz
38	Ryan Gravenberch	24	Aleix García (Y, 26')
7	Luis Díaz (MOTM)	25	Exequiel Palacios
11	Mo Salah	34	Granit Xhaka
18	Cody Gakpo	22	Victor Boniface

Matchday Substitutes
56	Vítězslav Jaroš	17	Matěj Kovář
95	Harvey Davies	36	Niklas Lomb
2	Joe Gomez	13	Arthur Augusto
26	Andy Robertson	7	Jonas Hofmann
78	Jarell Quansah	8	Robert Andrich
3	Wataru Endō	40	Francis Onyeka
8	Dominik Szoboszlai	14	Patrik Schick
80	Tyler Morton	19	Nathan Tella
84	Conor Bradley
9	Darwin Núñez

Matchday Substitutions

73' Jonas Hofmann on for Exequiel Palacios

73' Robert Andrich on for Aleix García

74' Dominik Szoboszlai on for Curtis Jones

80' Darwin Nunez on for Cody Gakpo

80' Andrew Robertson on for Kostas Tsimikas

80' Conor Bradley on for Trent Alexander-Arnold

81' Patrik Schick on for Victor Boniface

81' Nathan Tella on for Álex Grimaldo

88' Jarell Quansah on for Ibrahima Konate

Manager: Arne Slot

Manager: Xabi Alonso

Stadium:	Anfield, Liverpool
Attendance:	59,790
HT/FT Sequence (Liverpool First):	0:0 / 4:0
Goal Sequence (Liverpool First):	1:0, 2:0, 3:0, 4:0
European H-2-H:	H-2-H v Bayer Leverkusen
Player Stats:	Bayer Leverkusen Player Stats
Referee:	Danny Makkelie NED
Referee Assistant:	Hessel Steegstra NED, Jan de Vries NED
Fourth Official:	Allard Lindhout NED
VAR Referee:	Rob Dieperink NED
VAR Assistant:	Clay Ruperti NED

LIVERPOOL	MATCHDAY STATS	BAYER LEVERKUSEN
ATTACKING
22	Total Shots	12
8	Shots on Target	4
5	Shots off Target	5
36.36%	Shot Accuracy (excluding blocked shots)	33.33%
GENERAL PLAY
47.00%	Possession %	53.00%
470	Total Passes	526
DEFENCE & DISCIPLINE
11	Successful Tackles	14
10	Clearances	20
10	Interceptions	7
1	Corners	3
0	Errors	1
15	Fouls	10
0	Offsides	1

Liverpool v Bayer Leverkusen - Current Form

Liverpool FC - 2024-2025 Recent Form
Round:	Date:	Opponent:	W/D/L:	Result:
Premier League	05.10.2024	Crystal Palace	Won	1:0
Premier League	20.10.2024	Chelsea	Won	2:1
Champions League	23.10.2024	RB Leipzig	Won	1:0
Premier League	27.10.2024	Arsenal	Draw	2:2
League Cup	30.10.2024	Brighton & Hove Albion	Won	3:2
Premier League	02.11.2024	Brighton & Hove Albion	Won	2:1

Bayer Leverkusen - 2024-2025 Recent Form
Round:	Date:	Opponent:	W/D/L:	Result:
Bundesliga	05.10.2024	Holstein Kiel	Draw	2:2
Bundesliga	19.10.2024	Eintracht Frankfurt	Won	2:1
Champions League	23.10.2024	Brest	Draw	1:1
Bundelsiga	26.10.2024	Werder Bremen	Draw	2:2
German Cup	29.10.2024	Elversberg	Won	3:0
Bundesliga	01.11.2024	VfB Stuttgart	Draw	0:0

Xabi Alonso v Liverpool FC

This page charts how the Reds faired against an Opposition Manager in the Premier League. Xabi Alonso

Date	Team Managed	Score	Result	Comp	Venue

Xabi Alonso v Liverpool FC Summary
Games	Won	Draw	Lost	Goals For	Goals Against	Win %
0	0	0	0	0	0	00.00%

Opposition Manager - Xabi Alonso

This page charts how Arne Slot faired against an Opposition Manager

Xabi Alonso

Date	Team Managed	Score	Result	Comp	Venue
05.11.2024	Bayer Leverkusen	4:0	Won	CL	Anfield
04.11.2025	Real Madrid	1:0	Won	CL	Anfield

Total Games 1, Goals Scored 4, Goals Conceded 0, Win % 100.0, Wins 1, Draws 0, Lost 0

European Head To Head v Bayer Leverkusen

Games Won	Games Drawn	Games Lost
4	0	1

Date	Match	Result	Score	Competition
03 Apr 2002	Liverpool v Bayer Leverkusen	W	1-0	UEFA Champions League
09 Apr 2002	Bayer Leverkusen v Liverpool	L	4-2	UEFA Champions League
22 Feb 2005	Liverpool v Bayer Leverkusen	W	3-1	UEFA Champions League
09 Mar 2005	Bayer Leverkusen v Liverpool	W	1-3	UEFA Champions League
05 Nov 2024	Liverpool v Bayer Leverkusen	W	4-0	UEFA Champions League