{"id":632038,"date":"2023-11-30T03:56:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T08:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=632038"},"modified":"2023-11-30T03:56:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T08:56:40","slug":"jeremie-frimpong-manchester-united-florian-plettenberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/11\/30\/jeremie-frimpong-manchester-united-florian-plettenberg\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Expect Him to Leave\u2019: Journalist Reports Manchester United\u2019s \u2018Special\u2019 Target Keen on a Transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of Erik ten Hag&#8217;s key targets this past summer was Bayer Leverkusen right-back Jeremie Frimpong. The Dutchman&#8217;s agent held talks with those at Manchester United and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/1642920065191346177?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Florian Plettenberg<\/a> described them as &#8220;very positive.&#8221; No move materialized in 2023, but according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/1729454833357254925?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">German<\/a>, it is expected that the 22-year-old will depart the club next year.<\/p>\n<h2>Jeremie Frimpong Release Clause Reported<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udccc News Jeremie <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Frimpong?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Frimpong<\/a>: Leverkusen expect him to leave the club in 2024. The 22 y\/o is also very keen on a transfer. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udd95 He has a release clause of \u20ac40m in the summer! <\/p>\n<p>Incredible season again. Best Bundesliga right winger\/right-back at the moment: 6 goals and 7 assists in\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TSAKKng25x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/TSAKKng25x<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/1729454833357254925?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Leverkusen Expect Him to Leave<\/h3>\n<p>The Sky Sports Germany journalist&#8217;s tweet comes as a surprise following developments from this summer. Frimpong, it seemed, had the opportunity to depart the club now coached by Xabi Alonso, and contest for the United right-back spot. Next year, whether it be January or July, Ten Hag will have a second chance to get him for around \u00a335 million.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/11\/27\/manchester-united-timo-werner-transfer-rumours\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United Make Official Approach For \u2018Shock Premier League Return\u2019 Of 135 Goal Germany International To Boost Forward Options<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Plettenberg was not vague in the language surrounding Frimpong&#8217;s desires. &#8220;Leverkusen expect him to leave the club in 2024. The 22 y\/o is also very keen on a transfer.&#8221; The Dutchman has been on fire for the Bundesliga leaders so far this campaign. His six goals and seven assists have been crucial for maintaining the club&#8217;s two-point lead over German giants Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch:\u00a0<\/strong>The Biggest Problem at Manchester United<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Biggest Problem with YOUR Premier League Club\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2GNhwMen_Qo?start=38&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>October Contract Extension and Praise for Frimpong<\/h3>\n<p>Few would have predicted that the Red Devils would have gotten another opportunity with Frimpong so quickly. Liam Wood&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/manchester-united-transfer-news-frimpong-27831985\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Manchester Evening News<\/a> article appeared to be the final nail in the coffin for Ten Hag and United. With the 22-year-old signing a contract extension, his commitment to Alonso&#8217;s program seemed set in stone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: &#8216;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/11\/26\/alejandro-garnacho-man-utd-everton-overhead\/\" target=\"_self\">Much Better than Rooney&#8217;: Alejandro Garnacho&#8217;s Insane Overhead Kick Stuns Goodison Park<\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, Frimpong will be a transfer target for several top European clubs in 2024. United can expect competition from Bayern and likely several other Premier League clubs. Described as a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.getfootballnewsgermany.com\/2022\/xabi-alonso-praises-jeremie-frimpong-after-world-cup-call-up\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">special<\/a>&#8221; player, the youngster has made a name for himself and is on the verge of landing a major transfer to a historic football outfit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Erik ten Hag&#8217;s key targets this past summer was Bayer Leverkusen right-back Jeremie Frimpong. The Dutchman&#8217;s agent held talks with those at Manchester United and Florian Plettenberg described them as &#8220;very positive.&#8221; No move materialized in 2023, but according to the German, it is expected that the 22-year-old will depart the club next [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4764,"featured_media":632033,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"1701129600","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"Frimpong","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"300","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,3,7188],"tags":[7861,7380],"class_list":["post-632038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-united","category-premier-league","category-rumours","tag-jeremie-frimpong","tag-manchester-united-transfer-rumours"],"modified_by":"Delight Wellington","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4764"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=632038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/632038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=632038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=632038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=632038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}