Frimpong set for Liverpool return ahead of Burnley trip

Jeremie Frimpong is poised to return to Liverpool's squad after missing the club's last two Premier League matches with a hamstring problem, manager Arne Slot said on Friday, with the Netherlands fullback back in training and expected to be available for the trip to Burnley on September 14. Frimpong was substituted after 60 minutes on his Premier League debut in the season opener against Bournemouth and subsequently sat out victories at Newcastle and the home win over Arsenal while he recovered.

Slot said the club's medical staff made the correct call to remove Frimpong at Bournemouth. "The medical team were completely right about Jeremie to tell me I had to take him off, because he's out until the international break," Slot told reporters. "It had nothing to do with how he played but we felt he had an issue with his hamstring. It was a good call to take him off because otherwise he might have been out for longer." Frimpong posted images on his official social media showing him training and wrote, "Back out there. Feels good, sooo good."

The 24 year old, signed from Bayer Leverkusen in the summer for a fee reported at about 29.5 million pounds, scored on his competitive debut in...