Given that Cody Gakpo is a Dutch international and has just returned from the World Cup on the eve of his deal with Liverpool, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out who can be attributed some credit for helping bring this deal to a close. agreement. the line.
As reported by Fabrizio Romano: ‘Cody Gakpo will travel to England to carry out medical tests as a new Liverpool player. Contract already agreed and signed. ???????? #LFC
“Gakpo spoke to Virgil van Dijk when the official offer was made, and now he is ready to be introduced as a new LFC player.”
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Virgil van Dijk is not only an international teammate for the 23-year-old but also his captain and to be able to have someone so influential to help convince the striker that a move to Merseyside is the right thing for him will certainly have done a big difference.
While everyone was looking towards Jordan Henderson and Trent Alexander-Arnold’s public courtship of Jude Bellingham in Qatar, perhaps we should have been looking at ‘Agent Virgil’ as many have started tagging our No.4.
Adding an experienced sixth striker to our front line will mean Jurgen Klopp has a very potent attacking force to select in the coming months and will also help ease the pain caused by current injuries to Luis Diaz, Diogo Jota and Bobby Firmino.
Let’s hope we can continue to reap the rewards of the work put in by our current squad to attract more key names to Anfield and that the PSV striker proves to be a huge success for the Reds.
You can catch the update on Gakpo and van Dijk via @FabrizioRomano on Twitter:
Cody Gakpo will travel to England to undergo medical tests as a new Liverpool player. Contract already agreed and signed. ???????? #LFC
Gakpo spoke to Virgil van Dijk when the official offer was made, and now he is ready to be introduced as a new LFC player. pic.twitter.com/Xs8o0CCU0U
– Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) December 27, 2022
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