Cody Gakpo will become the 11th player to pull on the No.18 jersey for Liverpool after joining the Reds in a £45million transfer.
The deal was confirmed on Wednesday night, two days after PSV Eindhoven announced they had struck an agreement with the Anfield club to sell their prized forward. Gakpo, 23, said he cannot wait to get started in his first interview for his new club - and he will hope to fare better than some of the players who have donned the No.18 shirt before him.
The number was last donned by Takumi Minamino, who, like Gakpo, is a forward who moved to Liverpool in a January transfer. The Japanese international was an unsung hero in the Reds' FA Cup and EFL Cup triumphs last season and also won the Premier League after joining in early 2020, but struggled to establish himself under Jurgen Klopp and was sold to Monaco this summer.
