Just a few hours after moving to within a point of Manchester United in the Premier League table on Boxing Day it was announced that Liverpool had reached an agreement with PSV Eindhoven to sign star attraction Cody Gakpo.
The Netherlands international, who scored three times in five appearances at the World Cup in Qatar, will join the Merseyside outfit subject to passing a medical and agreeing personal terms. The speed of his impending move to Anfield stunned United's supporters, many of whom were confident of seeing him added to Erik ten Hag's squad in next month's January transfer window.
United had constantly been linked with the 23-year-old in recent months and a move to Old Trafford seemed to be just a matter of time, especially after Gakpo, in October, admitted that he held talks with Ten Hag about a switch to the club during the summer. However, Liverpool accelerated their plans to win the race for his signature, meaning United are now going to be left to look elsewhere to source a new goal-getter.
