Liverpool's new signing Cody Gakpo will wear the number 18 shirt after completing a £37 million move from PSV Eindhoven on Wednesday night.
The Netherlands star previously wore the number 11 shirt while playing in the Eredivisie, but Liverpool icon Mohamed Salah currently has hold of that shirt and will do for the foreseeable future.
However, Gakpo wore number eight for the Netherlands at the World Cup in Qatar and that shirt will likely be available in the summer with Naby Keita's contract coming to an end.
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Gakpo opted to select the number 18 shirt that was most recently vacated by Takumi Minamino after the Japan international left to sign for Monaco in the summer.
There is a significant Dutch connection with the number 18 at Liverpool as cult hero Dirk Kuyt occupied the shirt for his time on Anfield.
Alberto Moreno, John Arne Riise and Antonio Nunez are also among those to have worn the shirt for Liverpool in the Premier League era.
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