This Wednesday, the Liverpool made the arrival of Dutchman Cody Gakpo official after the player underwent medical examinations at the club’s facilities. PSV, the now former team of the 23-year-old striker, had already announced the agreement with the British.
“I think this is a great club for me to join and try to show what I can do and try to help the team get more beautiful moments than they’ve done in recent years. I think personally it’s also good to develop here, there’s a lot of big players I can learn a lot from,” Cody Gakpo told Liverpool’s official website.
We have reached an agreement for the transfer of Cody Gakpo from PSV Eindhoven, subject to a work permit, and the forward will join at the start of the January transfer window 🙌
—Liverpool FC (@LFC) December 28, 2022
“Obviously my goal is to win as much as we can as a team, perform well, show the world what we can do as a team and what I can do as a player. And personally, just to keep developing and become a better player. every season,” he added.
Gakpo arrives at Liverpool one of the highlights of the Netherlands in the World Cup in Qatar. The striker scored three goals in five games in the tournament. The European team reached the quarterfinals, when they lost to Argentina on penalties.
However, Gakpo was already drawing attention from the big clubs in world football even before the World Cup for his performance at PSV. During the season, the Dutchman scored 13 goals and provided 17 assists (ie 30 direct participations in goals) in 24 games for the Netherlands team.
“The work done towards this (signing) was really impressive and in the end we were able to sign a player that we had known for some time and that we believe will have a very bright future with us,” said German coach Jurgen Klopp.
Source: Gazetaesportiva
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