Liverpool have confirmed the signing of PSV Eindhoven star Cody Gakpo on a five-and-a-half-year contract.
The deal is reportedly worth £37m and could rise up to £45m with potential add-ons.
Gakpo, 23, scored three goals in five appearances at the World Cup in Qatar.
He currently has scored 9 goals in the 2022/23 Eredivisie to top the goal scorer’s chart.
Gakpo, underwent his medical on Merseyside on Wednesday afternoon, with his transfer subject to a work a permit.
Injuries to Diogo Jota and Luis Diaz coupled with interest from rivals prompted Liverpool to sign Gakpo early.
He will officially become a Liverpool player on New Year’s Day when the transfer window opens.
Gakpo could be in line to make his Liverpool debut against Brentford in the Premier League on January 2.
“I feel really good, I’m really excited to be here,” he told the club website.
“I’m looking forward to start training and start playing for this amazing club. I think this is a great club for me to come in and try to show what I can do and try to help the team to achieve more beautiful moments that they already did in the past years.
“I think for me personally it’s also good to develop here and there’s a lot of great players here who I can learn a lot of things from.”
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Klopp on Gakpo
Manager Jurgen Klopp hugged Gakpo on his arrival and said: “It really is great news for us that we have been able to do it and I have to say it has been a fantastic job by everyone involved, especially Julian Ward.
“The work that has gone into this has been really impressive and, in the end, we have managed to sign a player who we have known about for quite some time and who we believe will have a really bright future with us.
“There is a lot to like about Cody. He is still only 23 years old but he already has a lot of experience.
“He was the captain of PSV, he was the Player of the Year in Holland last season and, as a lot of people have just seen, he also had a great World Cup with his national team.
“So, it is clear that he is already a really, really good player but his age also means he also has the potential to become even better.
“Offensively, he is very versatile and on top of this we know he is a smart footballer and also a smart person, so we are really excited to be able to work with him.’
Gakpo boasts an impressive record in front of goal, scoring 55 goals in 159 games for PSV, and providing a further 50 assists.
He is top of the current Eredivisie scoring charts, scoring nine times in 14 games this campaign, he has also registered 12 assists.
