Liverpool star reveals the reason £37 million Man Utd transfer collapse
Cody Gakpo has reveale the reason a move to Manchester United collapse and pave the way for him to join Liverpool instead.
The 25-year-old is enjoying his best คาสิโนออนไลน์ UFABET ฝากถอนรวดเร็ว เริ่มต้นเล่นง่าย spell for the Premier League club and has played a pivotal role in a season that looks likely to end in glory for Arne Slot’s men.
Injuries to Diogo Jota allied to Darwin Nunez’s erratic form in front of goal has seen Gakpo take on extra responsibility this term under Jurgen Klopp’s successor.
With 14 goals in all competitions, the former PSV Eindhoven forward is finally justifying Klopp’s decision to sign him, in part on the evidence of his impressive performances for Netherlands at the Qatar World Cup.
Gakpo could easily have been representing his country as a United player after Erik ten Hag had made him a priority transfer target upon his appointment at Old Trafford.
Ten Hag had already raide the Eredivisie and recruited his former Ajax charges Lisandro Martinez and Antony and planned to make Gakpo a key part of his forward line.
A late change of heart, however, saw the deal stall and Gakpo made the decision to stay put, until the winter window, after he scored his first career hat-trick for PSV against FC Volendam shortly before the deadline.
‘In the summer of 2022 I was almost planning to leave and I almost went to United at the end they didn’t want me anymore, things happened,’ Gakpo told.
‘Then I could’ve stayed here or went to two other clubs I just prayed about it and found the answer in some goals I scored.
‘I scored a hat-trick and it was the first hat-trick of my career so I think a more clear answer I couldn’t get. And besides, fate guides me a lot and I think my parents guide me a lot in everything I do.’
Gakpo is returning to Eindhoven, where he spent five years, tonight for the first time since his January 2023 move to Merseyside.
‘Pretty strange,’ he said when he asked how it would feel.