{"id":28446,"date":"2021-01-28T12:28:20","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T12:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/?p=28446"},"modified":"2021-01-28T12:28:20","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T12:28:20","slug":"jeremie-frimpong-joins-bayer-leverkusen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/jeremie-frimpong-joins-bayer-leverkusen\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremie Frimpong joins Bayer Leverkusen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Jeremie Frimpong joins Bayer Leverkusen<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><b>Dutch-born Ghanaian defender Jeremie Frimpong has joined German Bundesliga outfit Bayer Leverkusen.\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><br \/>\nThe 20-year-old completed his move to Leverkusen on Wednesday after penning a four-year deal with the club.<\/p>\n<p>He leaves Scottish giants Celtic after just a season and a half, having joined the club from Manchester City for \u00a3300,000.<\/p>\n<p>The right-back enjoyed a good spell at Parkhead winning the Scottish title and the Scottish Cup.<\/p>\n<p>This season, Frimpong made 22 appearances for the club, scoring a goal and providing two assists.<\/p>\n<p>He joins fellow Dutch international with Ghanaian heritage Timothy Fosu Mensah who also moved to the German club in the winter transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>Frimpong was named in Europe\u2019s fast-rising stars of 2020 following his splendid displays for Celtic.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Celtics\u2019 desire to keep him, the young defender opted to leave following a discussion with manager Neil Lennon.<\/p>\n<p>Frimpong is yet to make a senior appearance for the Netherlands making him eligible to play for Ghana the country of his parents.<br \/>\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block; text-align: center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7515973527815049\" data-ad-slot=\"5197133662\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremie Frimpong joins Bayer Leverkusen Dutch-born Ghanaian defender Jeremie Frimpong has joined German Bundesliga outfit Bayer Leverkusen.\u00a0 The 20-year-old completed his move to Leverkusen on Wednesday after penning a four-year deal with the club. He leaves Scottish giants Celtic after just a season and a half, having joined the club from Manchester City for \u00a3300,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28449,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8417,3347],"tags":[468,3638,8950,16872,16871],"class_list":{"0":"post-28446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"category-ghplayersabroad","9":"tag-celtic","10":"tag-ghana-black-stars","11":"tag-ghana-players-abroad","12":"tag-jeremie","13":"tag-jeremie-frimpong"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/jeremie-frimpong.jpeg?fit=680%2C383&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8jzHl-7oO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39816,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/jeremie-frimpong-confirms-ghana-approached-him-prior-to-holland-debut\/","url_meta":{"origin":28446,"position":0},"title":"Jeremie Frimpong confirms Ghana approached him prior to  Holland debut","author":"Selasi Fiawoyi","date":"December 4, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Jeremie Frimpong confirms Ghana approached him prior to Holland debut Jeremie Frimpong has disclosed that the Ghana Football Association approached him about potentially switching nationalities. However, he turned down the offer as he awaited his debut with the Netherlands national team. Despite having the option to represent Ghana, the Netherlands,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Featured&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Featured","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/category\/featured\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Jeremy Frimpong","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/imago-jeremie-frimpong-090322.webp?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/imago-jeremie-frimpong-090322.webp?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/imago-jeremie-frimpong-090322.webp?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/imago-jeremie-frimpong-090322.webp?fit=1000%2C666&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":34151,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/jeremieghana\/","url_meta":{"origin":28446,"position":1},"title":"Ghana still hopeful of landing Jeremie Frimpong for Qatar 2022","author":"Selasi Fiawoyi","date":"September 26, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"The Ghana Football Association are still in talks with talented Dutch-born Ghanaian, Jeremie Frimpong. The Bayern Leverkusen player has been a big topic as Ghana tries to convince him to join the Black Stars ahead of the Qatar 2022 world cup. The fullback received a call-up from Dutch coach, Louis\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Featured&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Featured","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/category\/featured\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1347954025-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1347954025-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1347954025-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1347954025-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1347954025-scaled.jpeg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":33945,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/breaking-news-bayer-leverkusen-announce-signing-of-hudson-odoi\/","url_meta":{"origin":28446,"position":2},"title":"Breaking News: Bayer Leverkusen announce signing of Hudson-Odoi","author":"Clinton Eleto","date":"August 30, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"German Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen have announced the signing of Ghanaian forward Callum Hudson-Odoi from Chelsea on a season-long loan. The 21-year-old who has found it difficult to make way into the Chelsea first team will spend his season in Germany, a move that will help revive in professional career.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Featured&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Featured","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/category\/featured\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/crop_20220829_Hudoson-Odoi_0638_456679_XL.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/crop_20220829_Hudoson-Odoi_0638_456679_XL.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/crop_20220829_Hudoson-Odoi_0638_456679_XL.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/crop_20220829_Hudoson-Odoi_0638_456679_XL.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/crop_20220829_Hudoson-Odoi_0638_456679_XL.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":29482,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/former-manchester-united-player-says-kotoko-fan\/","url_meta":{"origin":28446,"position":3},"title":"Former Manchester United player says he is a Kotoko fan","author":"Clinton Eleto","date":"June 10, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Former Manchester United player says he is a Kotoko fan Bayer Leverkusen defender Timothy Fosu-Mensah says he supports Asante Kotoko in the Ghana Premier League.\u00a0 The Dutch-born Ghanaian revealed being a fan of the Porcupine Warriors in a tradition in his family. \u201cI support Asante Kotoko even though I haven\u2019t\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Featured&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Featured","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/category\/featured\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Former Manchester United player says he is a Kotoko fan","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/kotoko-fans.jpg?fit=1200%2C795&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/kotoko-fans.jpg?fit=1200%2C795&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/kotoko-fans.jpg?fit=1200%2C795&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/kotoko-fans.jpg?fit=1200%2C795&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/kotoko-fans.jpg?fit=1200%2C795&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":24139,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/asante-kotoko-sign-midfielder-kwame-adom-frimpong\/","url_meta":{"origin":28446,"position":4},"title":"Asante Kotoko sign midfielder Kwame Adom Frimpong","author":"Clinton Eleto","date":"December 21, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Asante Kotoko sign midfielder Kwame Adom Frimpong Asante Kotoko have completed the signing of midfielder Kwame Adom Frimpong on a free transfer, the midfielder signed a three-year deal in Kumasi on Wednesday. Kwame Adom joins the Porcupines after his one year spell with Salah S. Club in Oman came to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Featured&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Featured","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/category\/featured\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Asante Kotoko sign midfielder Kwame Adom Frimpong","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/EMQtxToX0AEXtUE.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/EMQtxToX0AEXtUE.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/EMQtxToX0AEXtUE.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/EMQtxToX0AEXtUE.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":37645,"url":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/german-side-rot-weiss-essen-sign-aaron-frimpong-manu-on-two-year-deal\/","url_meta":{"origin":28446,"position":5},"title":"German side Rot-Weiss Essen sign Aaron Frimpong Manu on two-year deal","author":"Selasi Fiawoyi","date":"June 16, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"German side Rot-Weiss Essen sign Aaron Frimpong Manu on two-year deal. German-born Ghanaian center-back Aaron Frimpong Manu has finalized a transfer to Rot-Weiss Essen, a team in the Bundesliga 3, by signing a two-year contract. After the conclusion of the recent season, the 23-year-old defender completed his move to Stadion\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Featured&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Featured","link":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/category\/featured\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/essen.jpg?fit=750%2C750&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/essen.jpg?fit=750%2C750&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/essen.jpg?fit=750%2C750&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/essen.jpg?fit=750%2C750&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28446"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28450,"href":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28446\/revisions\/28450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saharafootball.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}