Liverpool’s plan to replace Trent Alexander-Arnold is now OBVIOUS

The biggest loss when it comes to Trent Alexander-Arnold's departure from Liverpool is his creativity.

There's no one quite like the club's no.66. Alexander-Arnold is a special player, as much as it hurts to say that.

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Replacing his creativity is not going to be easy. Among right-backs, there's no perfect fit who is a like-for-like replacement.

So, Liverpool have to go down the route of replacing him in the aggregate and it feels like they are already making plans to do exactly that.

As multiple reports, but most notably David Ornstein has reported for The Athletic, Liverpool are closing in on a deal to sign Jeremie Frimpong.

The Dutchman is one part of a double transfer that could perfect replace Alexander-Arnold in the aggregate.

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Frimpong isn't necessarily a player who makes progressive passes and looks to break opposition lines. He's a robust dynamic wing player, who loves to bomb up and down the flank.

He's still very progressive - just in a different way. Whereas Alexander-Arnold will thread long passes, Frimpong will go on runs to evade his opponents and put crosses or passes into the box.

Obviously, bringing him in alone isn't going to replace all of Alexander-Arnold's good qualities. But it doesn't look like Liverpool are planning on signing just Frimpong alone.

His teammate, Florian Wirtz is also on the club's radar and the club have been in contact with him to explore a potential move as per David Ornstein for The Athletic.

Now Wirtz brings directness and speed as well. He ranks in the top 10 for sprints in the Bundesliga this season - Frimpong is first in the metric (1021) while Wirtz is in eighth place (832).

But Wirtz is so much more than that. He's also one of the best creative outlets in the league.

As per FBref no one has more goal-creating actions (25) than Wirtz this season. Apart from Michael Olise (0.49 er 90), Wirtz also averages the most expected assists (0.37 per 90) and he has created the second most big chances (17) again behind the French international (31).

Bringing him in is going to cost the club a lot of money. But he could replace Trent's creative output, while Frimpong fixes the void left on the right flank.

Together, the two of them could make Liverpool even stronger and continue their exciting partnership that made Bayer Leverkusen go unbeaten in the Bundesliga last season.

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It's the stuff of dreams, but with Ornstein reporting on it, there's a basis to reality here. The potential for an unreal start of the summer is right there.