Former Liverpool star on Frimpong and Kerkez form

Former Liverpool star Stan Collymore has made it clear he doesn’t have major concerns about Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez as the club’s new full-backs.

The Reds have made some big changes to their squad this summer, with Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike among the most exciting arrivals.

Meanwhile, attacking duo Luis Diaz and Darwin Nunez have left the club, but perhaps the biggest changes have come in defence.

Trent Alexander-Arnold ran down his contract before being sold to Real Madrid, with Frimpong joining from Bayer Leverkusen to replace him at right-back.

Meanwhile, Kerkez was signed from Bournemouth and now seems to be ahead of Andrew Robertson in the pecking order.

Should Liverpool fans be worried about their new full-backs?

Jeremie Frimpong warming up for Liverpool (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images)

So far, the LFC defence hasn’t looked that convincing, conceding two goals against both Crystal Palace and Bournemouth in their opening two games of the season.

Collymore, however, doesn’t think the attack-minded nature of Frimpong and Kerkez will prove to be a big problem in the long-term, as they’ll make up for it with the quality they add to Arne Slot’s attack-minded side.

“I think that Liverpool supporters shouldn’t have concerns about their defensive performance against Bournemouth, because Arne Slot clearly wants to play on the front foot attacking football,” Collymore wrote in his exclusive CaughtOffside column.

He added: “Now, Virgil van Dijk, as good as he is, and as good as he is at covering round, he’s getting older. And there’s an argument that whoever stands next to him as a central defender is nowhere near the kind of level of reading the game or as good a defender. And I think that both with Kerkez and Frimpong are no different to how Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold were during their prime years.