Liverpool come into contact to sign Gakpo 2.0

Liverpool’s collapse in the second half may have put a shock absorber during Sunday’s confrontation with Arsenal, although the Premier League champions began the day in a creeping mood, after having run in a two goals in Anfield.

Two goals in the space of Cody Gakpo and Luiz Diaz came in the middle of this first half attack for the hosts, the couple now scored 18 and 17 goals, respectively, this season in all competitions.

With Mohamed Salah – who has 33 on all fronts – completing this front line, the trio was the figures out of competition in the Arne Slot attack unit in 2024/25, no other player having achieved two -digit goals so far.

Although there have been doubts about the future of Diaz at the club, more recent reports have suggested that a new agreement could be on maps for the former Porto man. Salah, of course, has already put the pen on paper on its long -awaited contract extension.

With Gakpo, on the other hand, attached until 2028, the flanks seem to be in a good place for the Merseysiders to move forward. That said, a new Wideman could be on the cards this summer …

Liverpool’s search for an attacker

It is not a secret for anyone that Liverpool’s priority before the next mandate is probably the addition of a new central center, with Darwin Nunez who seemed to start after marked seven times in total this season.

The main objective would seem to be Alexander Isak of Newcastle United, although with the Swedish evaluated at 100 million pounds sterling, apparently out of reach, the tastes of Benjamin Sesko and Viktor Gyokerres would also have been considered.

Far from the pursuit of a new number, however, the journalist Graeme Bailey also pointed out that the Reds could be in the mixture for the feeling of the sports club, Nico Williams, with the Spanish apparently “ arranged ” to move to England this summer.

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According to Bailey, it is Arsenal and Chelsea who are currently leading the race, although Manchester City, Newcastle and Liverpool all contacted the player’s representatives.

As indicated elsewhere, the winner of Euro 2024 would be able to leave if a pretender triggers his release clause of 58 million euros (49 million pounds sterling), although with a potential collision point likely to prove his wages. The Daily Mail – Via the objective – reported that it would seek to earn more than £ 400,000 per week, a figure close to what Virgil Van Dijk will apparently bring home after the signing of its own extension.

Such a salary could prove to be a real stumbling block for the location and the CO, although a compromise is filled, the 22 -year -old would be a more than dignified addition to the ranks of Anfield.

Why Liverpool could target the next Gakpo

As indicated above, Sunday’s impasse with the Gunners saw Gakpo climb again on the match sheet, with the 26-year-old house hosted the head of Andy Robertson’s whipped cross to win his tenth Premier League goal from the campaign.

This has marked the first time that the former PSV Eindhoven reached two figures for the league goals for the club, after having succeeded 15 times in the 18 months preceding, after his arrival of 35 million pounds Sterling in January 2023.

Before moving to Merseyside, Manchester United’s objective then had been a real revelation in his homeland for the PSV, after having recorded 55 goals and 49 assists in 149 games for the Eredivisie giants, offering a relentless threat on the left side or in a central role.

Such quality had also been exhibited on the international scene, with Gakpo marking each group group at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, just a few months before moving to England.

In many ways, there would be a feeling of already seen if the young Williams wanted to follow up this summer, the sorcerer Bilbao having also dazzled in his homeland, with 61 goals and decisive passes in 166 senior games.

This includes a return of 11 goals and seven assists in all competitions this season, in the middle of the rise in the Basque part in the semi-final of the Europa League, without surprising that it was nicknamed “one of the best wingers on the market” of analyst Ben Mattinson.

Like Gakpo too, it is for his national team where Williams may have made the biggest splashes, having started in six of the seven Spanish games on the way to glory last summer, while marking memorable in the success of the centerpiece on England.

Natural right football which generally operates on the left flank, just like Gakpo, Williams also emulates his counterpart in Liverpool because of his versatility, having also been comfortable to operate on the other side of his career to date,

This flexibility should guarantee that the Speedster on demand provides competition and a welcome cover for Diaz, Gakpo and Salah on one or the other side, with the chance for Williams to take advantage of progressive progression in a Liverpool – a bit like Gakpo shirt was offered to do.

As this campaign has already presented itself, Slot’s departure range seems strong and healthy – now is time to really improve the team as a whole with exciting and potential movements.

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