Following PSV Eindhoven’s advertisement of a deal with the English elephants on Monday, it appears like Liverpool has won the fight to acquire Dutch transnational bushwhacker Cody Gakpo.
After an impressive World Cup run, Liverpool agree to a deal to sign Dutch star Cody Gakpo from PSV
Gakpo, who led the Netherlands with three pretensions in the World Cup, has preliminarily been linked to a transfer to Liverpool’s rivals Manchester United.
” PSV and Liverpool FC have agreed to the planned transfer of Cody Gakpo,” PSV made a statement.
The 23- time-old striker will soon go to England, where he’ll go through the needed formalities before the move is perfected.”
The transfer cost, according to PSV general director Marcel Brands, would be a record for the Dutch club.
Reports state that the cost might go to 50 million euros($ 53 million,£ 44 million).
Gakpo’s appearance adds to Liverpool’s frontline’s renewal after the recent additions of Darwin Nunez and Luis Diaz.
After a dismal launch to the season, the Reds are presently sixth in the Premier League, five points outside the top four spots that guarantee entrance to the titleholders League.
But on Monday, when the Premier League proceeded play following the World Cup, Jurgen Klopp’s platoon defeated Aston Villa 3- 1 to earn their third straight league palm.
He represents both the Netherlands public platoon and Eredivisie club PSV as a winger. He’s a professional football player from the Netherlands.
Gakpo, a product of the PSV academe, made his first- platoon debut for the platoon in February 2018. After scoring 21 pretensions in 47 appearances across all competitions in the 2021 – 22 season, he was named the Dutch Footballer of the Time.
Gakpo represented the Netherlands in youth transnational football from the under- 18 to the under- 21 position. At Euro 2020 in June 2021, he made his elderly transnational debut.