Liverpool have confirmed the signing of Dutch international Cody Gakpo.
The former PSV Eindhoven star will join the club once the January transfer window opens.
Gakpo starred for the Netherlands during the World Cup and scored three goals as the Dutch made it to the quarter-finals.
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Prior to the World Cup break, Gakpo was the top scorer and leading assister in the Eredivisie with nine and twelve respectively. He had been heavily linked with Manchester United but ultimately signed for the Reds instead.
“I feel really good, I'm really excited to be here," Gakpo told Liverpoolfc.com, "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, Gakpo made 159 appearances for his hometown club and scored 55 goals.
The 23-year-old made his Netherlands debut against North Macedonia in June 2021. To date, he has made 14 appearances for the National side and has scored 6 goals.
Gakpo becomes Liverpool's second major January signing of a Dutch player in recent years. The last was Virgil Van Dijk who signed from Southampton in 2018, who has gone on to win a Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and UEFA Champions League with the Merseyside club.
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