Bundesliga champions Liverpool have announced on Wednesday that centre-half Jarell Quansah will join Bayer Leverkusen for a reportedly club record fee.
The 22-year-old’s transfer fee, including 10 million euros in add-ons, could increase by 40 million euros ($47 million), according to the British and German press.
A 60-million-euro buy-back clause is also mentioned in the contract, which Liverpool could resign from Quansah after the summer of 2027, according to German specialist media Kicker and The Athletic.
One of the most promising central defenders in English, Jarell Quansah, is now available for signing, according to Leverkusen’s managing director of sport, Simon Rolfes.
“He made a very impressive contribution to a world-class defense at Liverpool.” Jarrell will give more dynamism, speed, and strength to our defense.
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Quansah surpasses the previous record signing for 32 million euros, signing midfielder Kerem Demirbay, for the first time in Leverkusen’s history.
The England under-21 champion from 2025 made his first-team debut in 2023 when he joined Liverpool’s academy at age five.
He then won the Merseysiders’ League Cup in 2022 and 2024, as well as the Premier League title last year, 58 times.
Quansah joins Leverkusen to take over former Bundesliga captain Jonathan Tah after spending much of the 2024/25 campaign playing second fiddle to first-choice defensive duo Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate.
During the negotiations, I was given a clear explanation of the ambitious goals. As a member of the current Leverkusen rebuild, I’m thrilled to play and face a great challenge,” Quansah said.
Leverkusen endured a challenging title defense last year, finishing 13 points adrift of champions Bayern Munich, after making league history by winning the Bundesliga undefeated in 2024.
Florian Wirtz and Jeremie Frimpong, the stars of their two-year league-and-cup double, have recently left Quansah and are joining Liverpool from Leverkusen in the off-season.
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