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- Leverkusen signs England Under-21 defender Jarell Quansah from Liverpool</p>
<p>July 2, 2025 at 5:13 AM</p>
<p>England's Jarell Quansah controls the ball during a quarter final soccer match between Spain and England at the European U-21 Championship at the Anton Malatinsky Stadium, in Trnava, Slovakia, Saturday, June 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) ()</p>
<p>LEVERKUSEN, Germany (AP) — Bayer Leverkusen has replaced former captain Jonathan Tah with Jarell Quansah from Liverpool in a club-record signing for a defender.</p>
<p>The 22-year-old Quansah signed a contract through June 2030 and will wear Tah's former No. 4 shirt, the Bundesliga club said Wednesday.</p>
<p>The reported fee of more than 30 million euros ($35.3 million) rising to 40 million ($47 million) with bonuses corresponds roughly with what Liverpool agreed to pay Leverkusen for Netherlands right back Jeremie Frimpong in May.</p>
<p>Liverpool reportedly secured a buy-back option for Quansah for more than 60 million euros ($70.6 million) after he has spent two seasons at Leverkusen.</p>
<p>Leverkusen also sold star player Florian Wirtz to Liverpool last month for a Bundesliga-record fee.</p>
<p>Tah switched to league rival Bayern Munich once the season concluded after declining to extend his contract. He had spent a decade at Leverkusen and was a key part of the team which won the Bundesliga and German Cup unbeaten in 2023-24.</p>
<p>Quansah won the Under-21 European Championship with England last week. But he was unable to establish himself as a regular starter at Liverpool ahead of Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konaté.</p>
<p>"One of the most promising English central defenders. He's fast, agile, a good footballer," Leverkusen sporting director Simon Rolfes said of Quansah.</p>
<p>"He has already made an impressive impact in a Liverpool defense dominated by world-class players. With Jarell, our defense gains significant dynamism, pace and toughness in tackling, and he's another very important building block."</p>
<p>Leverkusen last week also signed Abdoulaye Faye for a reported fee of 3 million euros ($3.5 million) from Swedish team BK Häcken, with the 20-year-old Senegalese defender expected to go on loan for the upcoming season.</p>
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