Federico Chiesa has lauded Jeremie Frimpong and Dominik Szoboszlai’s remarkable pace.
The former Juventus forward was responding to a series of fan-submitted Q&As in an interview with Sky Sports.
Liverpool signed Frimpong from Bundesliga outfit Bayer Leverkusen, activating his £29.5m release clause, in the summer transfer window.
Federico Chiesa is impressed with Jeremie Frimpong
Chiesa agreed that the Netherlands international is currently the quickest player at the club.
“Fast, so rapid,” the Italy international spoke on Sky Sports.
However, he did admit that Dominik Szoboszlai was also formidable “when the pitch opens up and he has a long stride. But in the first few metres, I think Frimpong is one of the fastest.”
Premier League data recorded back in September would appear to support that theory, with Frimpong clocking one of the fastest speeds in the 2025/26 season.
| Player | Top speed (km/h) |
| Jackson Tchatchoua | 37.30 |
| Bryan Mbeumo | 36.36 |
| Dan James | 36.14 |
| Yankuba Minteh | 36.11 |
| Anthony Elanga | 36.00 |
| Jeremie Frimpong | 35.86 |
* Premier League players’ top recorded speeds in the 2025/26 season (as of September 6)
How is Jeremie Frimpong getting on at Liverpool?
Injuries have made the Dutchman’s adaptation to Premier League football a little bumpier than he’d have liked.
However, in the meantime, it has afforded Conor Bradley the opportunity to remind the world, and the Anfield faithful, of his potentially world-class ceiling.
With Liverpool head coach Arne Slot confirming Jeremie Frimpong will be sidelined until after the international break, the right-back slot looks like the Northern Ireland international’s to lose.
What do the stats say about Frimpong?
That’s not to say our Academy graduate won’t be facing stiff competition as soon as his Dutch counterpart is back in fighting shape.
The former German top-flight defender has only had 84 minutes of Premier League action to showcase his talents to new boss Slot.
However, in a tiny pool of data, Frimpong has already proven the value he can offer this Liverpool side on the ball.
| Jeremie Frimpong stats |
| 1.07 chances created |
| 2.14 successful crosses |
| 2.14 successful dribbles |
| 66.7% dribble success |
| 6.43 touches in opposition box |
* Jeremie Frimpong’s stats per 90 in the 2025/26 Premier League season (Fotmob)
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Leave crimping on bench as a reserve for Bradley,do not play jerked as Robertson is the real deal as you’ve seen with to clean sheets.Play the same team as you played against Real Madrid clean sheets is what we need
I dare say Arne will maturely select whoever he deems best to play given who needs the game time and given the opposition.
Absolutely! I think the recent run of results have reminded us all of what this manager is capable of.
I still think Kerkez is the real deal, but slow integration (much as we did for Robertson after his arrival from Hull) is clearly the way forward.
Given this is also a transition period for LFC, it stands to reason there will be more “bedding in” needed when the centre of defence and right forward positions are also addressed in the near future.
Arne appears to be putting less focus on Kerkez (in the media, if not begin the scenes) for now.
Sensible policy.
The Isak situ seems the more urgent, at least for this w/end’s game.
Some awareness and patience with that from some of our more vociferous fans might be required.
As memory serves, Andy hit the ground running, certainly with his attacking play…..his name rang out on his second game….
He still makes the odd defensive mistakes though. A loss of focus at times, but more solid recently.
Thanks for commenting, Dougal! I think you’re spot on about the bedding in period – it’s a heck of a lot of change (necessary change, mind) that was sanctioned in the summer (some of which – cough, cough, Trent – wasn’t intentional!). Completely agree now is the time for patience. The manager has more than enough credit in the bank!
You’re very welcome Farrell.
It’s what we’re here to do😃
Sincere regards.