Cody Gakpo became the 11th player to receive the number 18 shirt and the 11th Dutchman to sign for Liverpool once his transfer from PSV was confirmed and has clearly excited some of his compatriots.
Once the club announced the signing on their Instagram account, two former Reds were quick to message our new striker with Ryan Babel writing first: ‘????’ and this was followed by Sander Westerveld who said: ‘Welcome to the family, Cody’. !❤️ good luck and enjoy the ride! YNWA ???????? ‘.
It’s great to see the 23-year-old already has so much support from those he can surely seek advice from if necessary and with Virgil van Dijk already at the club, he has even more advice to learn from.
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If you want to ask the quiz question yourself, the other 10 players from the Netherlands who have played for the Reds are: Ryan Babel, Ki-Jana Hoever, Jan Kromkamp, Dirk Kuyt, Erik Meijer, Sepp van den Berg, Virgil Van Dijk, Sander Westerveld, Georginio Wijnaldum, and Bolo Zenden.
There are certainly their fair share of medals worn by previous men who have signed for the club and the former PSV attacker will be hoping to win his fair share of trophies while at Anfield.
Let’s hope the Dutch legacy can carry on and our new number 18 can become a key member of Jurgen Klopp’s star-studded squad.
You can see Babel and Westerveld’s messages to Gakpo via @codymathesgakpo on Instagram:
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