Jeremie Frimpong reacts to shock decision as Liverpool star handed brutal snub

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The Reds defender was a shock omission from Ronald Koeman's 26-man squad for the tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico this summer.In an Instagram story post, Frimpong shared an image of him playing for his country, along with the caption: "It wasn't meant to be this time, but I'll be supporting the boys every step of the way this summer."The 25-year-old has struggled through a challenging season since his £29million move from Bayer Leverkusen last summer, hindered by three separate injury problems and a failure to nail down a regular spot.He made just 35 appearances in all competitions and Koeman explained: "I didn't take Frimpong because of what I saw in the season. I had to choose, and I opted for another on the right flank."While Frimpong has been left out, Virgil van Dijk, Ryan Gravenberch and Cody Gakpo have all made Koeman's squad.The Netherlands are in Group F, meaning they will face Wataru Endo's Japan on June 14, Alexander Isak's Sweden six days afterwards, and will wrap up their group stage fixtures against Tunisia on June 26.Speaking in March, Arne Slot acknowledged that Frimpong's restricted number of appearances was a significant setback for the Reds."Jeremie has shown every time he comes in that when you face low blocks, how important pace is," he said.

Not that I needed it because I knew it, but Paris Saint-Germain were a great example (last season) of pace when it comes to the forwards - to win the Champions League from open play and be creative."We thought, I thought, that was something we could add to this team and what we've tried to do. But unfortunately we've only been able to use one player (we signed) who has a lot of pace in our front three and that is Hugo (Ekitike)."Frimpong was asked about his injury struggles this season and told the Daily Telegraph: “It’s never happened in my career.

I’ve had three injuries and, on top of that, the team is not doing so well, like we should do.“There have been a lot of challenges. I’m not going to lie, it’s been hard.“But when I was down, I had people with me who made me be with them.