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Jarell Quansah's transportation from Liverpool to Bayer Leverkusen has been confirmed, with the defender joining the 2024 German champions successful a woody worthy up to £35million ($48M).
The 22-year-old fell to 4th prime successful the center-back pecking bid past season, with Arne Slot reluctant to deploy the academy postgraduate unless necessary. A summertime exit ever felt imaginable heading into the window, and his determination to Leverkusen developed rapidly successful the aftermath of Florian Wirtz's transportation successful the other direction.
Liverpool.com reported connected June 19 that talks betwixt the clubs were astatine an precocious stage, and lone Quansah's involvement successful the Under-21 European champions held the transportation up.
The center-back played each infinitesimal for England astatine the tournament, and pursuing Saturday's triumph successful Slovakia, spent a time backmost successful the state earlier traveling to Germany. Quansah underwent his aesculapian connected Monday, and aft passing the tests and signing a five-year contract, the woody has present been announced.
Leverkusen has paid an archetypal interest of £30M ($41M), with an further £5M ($7M) successful add-ons, portion a buyback clause has besides been added to the deal.
The interest paid by the erstwhile Bundesliga champions makes him the astir costly subordinate successful the club's history. Leverkusen believes it has signed 1 of Europe's brightest antiaircraft talents.
It comes successful a summertime of modulation for Leverkusen, with Xabi Alonso departing arsenic caput manager to beryllium replaced by Erik 10 Hag. The erstwhile Manchester United manager has been forced to contend with the exits of Wirtz, Jeremie Frimpong, Jonathan Tah and Odilon Kossounou, arsenic the title-winning broadside is dilatory dismantled.
Quansah follows Mark Flekken and Ibrahim Maza successful signing for Leverkusen and could look Liverpool successful this season's Champions League.
The youngster's exit leaves the Reds with conscionable 3 center-back options - Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate and Joe Gomez - and volition apt unit the nine into the transportation marketplace to find a replacement. Marc Guehi has been powerfully linked with a determination to Anfield, portion Jorrel Hato has besides been mentioned arsenic a imaginable target.
Van Dijk and Konate formed a coagulated concern past play that proved intolerable for Quansah to disrupt.
Having started the opening crippled of the play distant to Ipswich Town, the Warrington-born defender was replaced astatine half-time and was criticized by Slot successful his post-match assessment.
He failed to commencement a league crippled successful his preferred center-back relation until aft the rubric was sewn up, erstwhile helium came successful for games astatine Chelsea and Brighton & Hove Albion. His lone different league commencement of the play came astatine right-back against Newcastle United, amid a short-term wounded crisis.
Quansah didn't impressment successful cupful matches either and was replaced precocious connected successful October's Carabao Cup triumph implicit Brighton, portion helium scored an own-goal successful the erstwhile circular against West Ham United, and was fortunate not to beryllium sent disconnected successful the quarter-final triumph implicit Southampton.
His displays improved implicit the campaign, and Quansah yet made 25 appearances crossed each competitions. He earned praise from Slot connected respective occasions successful the season's last months, but the Dutchman admitted successful May that Quansah needs to adhd consistency to his game.
The performances astatine the Under-21 Euros underlined however Quansah tin impressment erstwhile fixed a tally successful the side, thing helium hopes volition go the norm astatine Leverkusen.
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