Dhaka, June 1 -- Premier League champions Liverpool on Friday announced the signing of Dutch international right back Jeremie Frimpong.

The 24-year-old joins from Bayer Leverkusen for 35 million euros (40 million U.S. dollars) just hours after Real Madrid announced the signing of Trent Alexander-Arnold from Liverpool, with Alexander-Arnold arriving in time for the FIFA Club World Cup at a cost of between 10 and 15 million euros.

Frimpong said on the Liverpool website that when he learned of interest from the Premier League champions, he told his agent to "just get this done.""Liverpool fans, I'm going to give my all, my energy, my work-rate and hopefully we can win together, we celebrate together, get everything together."

"I'm just ex...