On the evening of December 28, the official website of Liverpool announced the transfer of Cody Gakpo from PSV Eindhoven for an initial fee of £37 million. The 23 year old Dutch successfully completing a medical at the AXA Training Center and signed a contract with the club. He will wear the No.18 jersey for the Reds.
At the World Cup in Qatar, Gakpo scored three goals in five appearances. And alongside Virgil van Dijk reached the quarterfinals with the Orange. Prior to the Eredivisie’s pause for the World Cup, the striker was the league’s leading scorer and assister with nine and 12 respectively.
Gakpo told Liverpoolfc.com: “I feel really good, I’m really excited to be here. I’m looking forward to start training and start playing for this amazing club.”
“I think this is a great club for me to come in and try to show what I can do. And try to help the team to achieve more beautiful moments that they already did in the past years.”
“I think for me personally it’s also good to develop here and there’s a lot of great players here who I can learn a lot of things from.”
Born and raised in Eindhoven, Cody Gakpo is a product of PSV’s youth system, progressing through the ranks before making his senior debut in February 2018. He went on to make a total of 159 appearances for his hometown club across all competitions, scoring 55 times.
No.18 added: “I’m really looking forward to playing at Anfield. I heard a lot of great stories about the stadium, about the atmosphere. I cannot wait.”
