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Liverpool this season is really struggling to find their form. It can be clearly seen in the Premier League table sitting on 6th position, an unfamiliar position for the Reds since Jurgen Klopp's term. In fact, they have always been contending the Premier League and you will be amazed how strong this Liverpool squad is. Imagine these positions:
- 2nd place PL 2018-2019 season (trailing just 1 pt behind Man City)
- Champion PL 2019-2020 season w/ 99 points
- 3rd place PL 2020-2021 season
- 2nd place PL 2021-2022 season (trailing just 1 pt behind Man City)
From the four Premier Leagues, two of them were very close contested with Manchester City. The recent 2021-2022 season was one of the most entertaining Premier League final games of all. In fact, they were able to win with a huge margin in the Premier League 2019-2020 season.
This is why I have huge expectations for this signing. Cody Gakpo was an amazing Dutch talent and has displayed amazing performances in the World Cup. I bet this is the reason why Klopp is keen on signing this young winger/forward from PSV.
His signing was mainly because of the injuries incurred by Diogo Jota and Luis Diaz. Perhapss, Jurgen Klopp has plans on experimenting team line ups and a young, talented, and quirky forward can be a good option to fit into specific type of system. But for me, I believe he is mainly a replacement of Jota and probably a good partner of Salah on both wings.
I hope Gakpo will not end up like Darwin Nunez is doing in Liverpool. So far, his performances are poor to mediocre. Definitely not the expectations of Jurgen Klopp, where he has high hopes of the Uruguayan forward after the departure of their Senegalese star Sadio Mane who went to Bayern Munch.
What do you think? Do you believe Cody Gakpo is a great signing for the Reds?