Here are your Liverpool evening headlines for Thursday, December 29.
Cody Gakpo likely to be made to wait for Liverpool debut due to bank holiday and paperwork
Cody Gakpo will have to wait for his Liverpool debut as Jurgen Klopp explained why he knew instantly the player wanted a move to Anfield.
Gakpo will officially become a Reds player when the transfer window opens at the start of next month after moving from PSV Eindhoven for an initial £37million fee.
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Injuries to attacking duo Luis Diaz and Diogo Jota helped persuade Liverpool to move mid-way through the season for the player, with Fabio Carvalho and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain having both started on the left wing since the season restarted last week and in contention to feature against Leicester City on Friday evening.
And although Liverpool are then in action on January 2 at Brentford, Klopp doesn’t expect Gakpo to be available until the FA Cup third round visit of Wolverhampton Wanderers the following Saturday evening.
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Cody Gakpo fee could be explained by PSV problem that Liverpool solved
PSV Eindhoven desperately needed a major player sale when Liverpool came calling for Cody Gakpo, according to reports.
The Reds announced on Wednesday evening that a deal had been done with the Eredivisie club to bring their 23-year-old forward to Anfield on a five-and-a-half-year deal when the January transfer window opens in a few days time.
Although the official fee was undisclosed, the ECHO understands that Gakpo will cost Liverpool around £40million - a relative bargain for a Holland international who starred at the World Cup in Qatar.
But according to Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, PSV had little choice but to let their prized asset go to England with the club having a ‘knife to their throat'. The report (re-laid by MSN ) claims that the seemingly reasonable fee was a result of PSV's own financial position.
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