New Liverpool recruit Cody Gakpo has admitted that he thought he was going to join Manchester United back in the summer transfer window following his recent switch to Anfield.
Gakpo, who scored three goals in five appearances for the Netherlands at the World Cup in Qatar, sealed an initial £37million move to Liverpool from PSV Eindhoven last week. The Dutch club announced the transfer agreement late on Boxing Day evening almost a week ago, stunning United supporters into silence.
Gakpo had been strongly linked with a move to Old Trafford in the run-up to this month's transfer window and was widely expected to join the club, linking up with fellow countryman Erik ten Hag. The winger, as he revealed back in October, held talks with Ten Hag, with whom he shares the same agent, back in the summer about the prospect of joining the Reds.
