It is unknown exactly how much money Liverpool will pay for the 23-year-old Gakpo. The clubs are not making any announcements about the transfer fee. According to it Eindhoven Dagblad it is about 50 million euros.
General manager Marcel Brands just wants to say that there is a record transfer. Hirving Lozano is so far the most expensive outgoing player ever. The Mexican went to Serie A club Napoli in 2019 for 45 million euros. Gakpo will travel to England on Monday to complete the necessary formalities.
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Gakpo was the protagonist of the Orange at the World Cup in Qatar. The Eredivisie top scorer scored in the group stage against Senegal, Ecuador and Qatar and experienced his big international breakthrough with those three goals. The Eindhoven resident was not accurate in the knockout stage. The Dutch went down with Gakpo on penalties to eventual world champion Argentina.
Last summer, Gakpo already seemed to be heading towards leaving PSV. The reserve captaincy was in Manchester United, Southampton and Leeds United’s interests, but the PSV management kept him to his contract. It led to the departure of technical director John de Jong, who was expected to sell his star player in the eyes of the supervisory board.
Gakpo attended the youth academy at PSV
After playing in all PSV youth teams for twelve years, Gakpo made his debut for the club from his hometown on 25 February 2018. At that time, he came on for Steven Bergwijn in added time of the away match against Feyenoord.
In the years that followed, setter Gakpo turned out to be more technical, more athletic and more manageable than his predecessor Bergwijn. Former coach Mark van Bommel added the youth exponent to selection A in the summer of 2018 and then did not disappear from it.
Gakpo played 159 matches for PSV, in which he scored 55 times and gave fifty assists. This season he has scored. The counter is already on nine league goals, making him the top scorer in the Eredivisie. The highlight was the 4-3 home draw against Feyenoord, in which he scored once and set up three goals.
Liverpool were looking for an extra striker due to injuries to Luis Díaz, Diogo Jota and Roberto Firmino. Without the trio, Orange captain Virgil van Dijk’s side won 1-3 against Aston Villa on Monday.
PSV will enter the transfer market in the coming weeks to find a replacement for Gakpo. The winter transfer window starts on 1 January and runs until 31 January.
