Liverpool looking to replace 2025 summer signing after just a year: report

Liverpool boss Arne Slot
Liverpool's 2025 summer signings have proved to be a mixed bag (Image credit: Getty Images)

Liverpool’s transfer window last summer was hailed at the time as one of the most ambitious in recent Premier League history.

After a quiet summer the year before, the Reds flexed their financial muscle to bring in the likes of Alexander Isak, Hugo Ekitike, Florian Wirtz and Milos Kerkez.

Liverpool looking to upgrade at right-back

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The summer additions, barring the now injured Ekitike, have struggled to make a significant impact at Anfield, and the season has been a disappointing one.

And one of those summer signings could soon find himself pushed further down the pecking order.

Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong of Liverpool during a training session at AXA Training Centre on July 15, 2025 in Kirkby, England

Liverpool's summer signings have not all slotted in seamlessly (Image credit: Getty Images)

Jeremie Frimpong has flattered to deceive since his arrival from Bayer Leverkusen, only starting 10 Premier League games.

The exciting, creative right-back who lit up the Bundesliga has not been on show in the Premier League, and as a result Liverpool could look for an upgrade.

According to Tuttomercatoweb, Liverpool are still interested in Inter right-back Denzel Dumfries.

The Reds reportedly attempted to sign the Netherlands international on loan in January, but their offer was rebuffed.

That is an indication that Arne Slot is not happy with his current options in the position, with Conor Bradley out injured since January.

Gabriel Martinelli of Arsenal reacts as Conor Bradley of Liverpool lies injured during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Liverpool at Emirates Stadium

Liverpool right-back Conor Bradley is out for the season (Image credit: Catherine Ivill - AMA/Getty Images)

Dumfries is said to have a £21.7m release clause in his contract at Inter, and several “European giants” are interested in signing him this summer.

A potential sticking point could be that Dumfries has just turned 30, and Liverpool’s transfer policy is typically to sign younger.

But he is more of a proven quantity than Frimpong, who is five years younger but has been unable, so far, to adapt to life in the Premier League.

Callum is a football writer who has had work published by the likes of BBC Sport, the Independent, BT Sport and the Blizzard, amongst various others. A lifelong Wrexham fan, he is hoping Ryan Reynolds can lead his hometown club to the promised land.

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