{"id":2987,"date":"2022-12-09T09:53:42","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T09:53:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/?p=2987"},"modified":"2023-11-14T14:48:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T13:48:10","slug":"who-is-man-utd-target-cody-gakpo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/blog\/who-is-man-utd-target-cody-gakpo","title":{"rendered":"Who Is New Liverpool signing Cody Gakpo?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cody Gakpo scored in all three of the Netherlands\u2019 group matches at the World Cup. Despite repeatedly being linked with a big-money move to Manchester United, he will join their Premier League rivals Liverpool on 1st January for a fee that could rise to \u00a345m.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gakpo is 23 years old and has scored 72 goals in 183 appearances at club level. Former Manchester United manager and current Netherlands boss Louis van Gaal has made Gakpo a pivotal player for the Oranje.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking about Gakpo\u2019s potential, Van Gaal said: &#8220;Things can change but Cody has everything it takes to become a star. He has a wonderful personality to become a star player because he is open-minded to anything and everything.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have covered everything you need to know about Cody Gakpo.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cody-gakpo-s-liverpool-career\">Cody Gakpo&#8217;s Liverpool Career<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Gakpo will join Liverpool on 1st January 2023, with the Reds paying between \u00a335m and \u00a345m for his services.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gakpo has signed a five-and-a-half year contract, which runs until 2028, and will wear the No. 18 shirt.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gakpo was convinced to join Jurgen Klopp\u2019s side after speaking to Netherlands team-mate Virgil van Dijk. \u201cWe spoke a lot over the phone,\u201d said Gakpo. \u201cWhat he told me is that this is the right move for me to develop to become a better player.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jurgen Klopp told the Liverpool website: \u201cThere is a lot to like about Cody. He is very versatile and on top of this we know he is a smart footballer and also a smart person, so we are really excited to be able to work with him.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cody-gakpo-s-psv-career\">Cody Gakpo&#8217;s PSV Career<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Gakpo made his first-team debut for PSV Eindhoven on 25<sup>th<\/sup> February 2018 during a win over Feyenoord.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gakpo won the 2017-18 Eredivisie with PSV, but he made only one appearance in the campaign.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gakpo was named Dutch Footballer of the Year in 2021-22, which was the 13<sup>th<\/sup> time a PSV player had won the award.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gakpo became the first PSV player to be named Footballer of the Year since Georginio Wijnaldum in 2014-15.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gakpo won the 2021-22 KNVB Cup and scored the winning goal in the final against Ajax following a goal in the quarter-final win over NAC Breda.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gakpo is under contract at PSV until the end of the 2025-26 season which reportedly includes a release clause.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gakpo scored his first senior hat-trick against Go Ahead Eagles in December 2018.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gakpo was subject to interest from Manchester United, Southampton and Leeds during the 2022 summer transfer window.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cody-gakpo-s-netherlands-career\">Cody Gakpo&#8217;s Netherlands Career<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Gakpo scored in each of the Netherlands\u2019 group games at the 2022 World Cup.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gakpo made his debut for the Dutch senior team in the group stage of Euro 2020.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>He was the first Dutch player to make his international debut at the European Championships since Martien Vreijsen at the 1980 edition.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gakpo represented the Netherlands at under-18, under-19, under-20 and under-21 levels.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cody-gakpo-s-youth-career\">Cody Gakpo&#8217;s Youth Career<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Gakpo joined the PSV Eindhoven academy in 2007, and progressed through the age groups at his hometown club.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gakpo debuted for Jong PSV on 4<sup>th<\/sup> November 2016, but primarily featured for the under-19 team until the start of 2017.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In just his second appearance for Jong PSV, Gakpo scored twice and assisted the other in a 3-2 win over De Graafschap.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In 2018-19, then first team coach Mark van Bommel began to name Gakpo in his matchday squads.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gakpo ultimately became a feature in the first team later that season, making 19 appearances in all competitions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cody Gakpo scored in all three of the Netherlands\u2019 group matches at the World Cup. Despite repeatedly being linked with a big-money move to Manchester United, he will join their Premier League rivals Liverpool on 1st January for a fee that could rise to \u00a345m.&nbsp; Gakpo is 23 years old and has scored 72 goals&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":28074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[638],"tags":[643],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2987"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2987"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28559,"href":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2987\/revisions\/28559"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betting.com\/gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}