The 21-year-old joined Leverkusen from Celtic in January 2021 and is temporarily part of the first team.
The defender, who is capable of playing right-back or right-back, has 23 Bundesliga appearances so far this season with Gerardo Seoane’s side, plus two in the DFB Cup and five of the team’s six in the UEFA Europa League organising phase.
Fast, attacking and with a clever eye for a centre in the box, Frimpong has one target and six assists in the Bundesliga in 2021/22. That has been confirmed through Netherlands head coach Louis van Gaal, who has named the four-time U21. foreign for his provisional 30-man squad for next Friday against Denmark and Germany at the end of the month.
Frimpong is one of 3 Bundesliga representatives on Amsterdam’s roster, joining Freiburg goalkeeper Mark Flekken and Borussia Dortmund striker Donyell Malen.
The variety of the Leverkusen defender might seem somewhat late to normal Bundesliga observers, but the player himself never doubted that he would take the step.
“Me at the moment,” he said in December last year when asked about the option of winning a first Dutch international match. “I’m not in a hurry. I knew that one day I would play in U18 and then U21. Me in my skills. “
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