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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Stephen Killen

'It was all done' - Former Man United manager helped Liverpool win Cody Gakpo transfer race

Leeds United owner Andrea Radrizzani has blamed Louis van Gaal for blocking their move for Cody Gakpo.

The Whites were said to be close to signing the Dutchman last summer but a move never materialised and in January, the 23-year-old completed his move to Liverpool from PSV Eindhoven.

Gakpo was the Reds first and only signing during the January transfer window as he penned a five-and-a-half year deal at Anfield with Jurgen Klopp's side gazumping rivals Manchester United to the attacker's signature. But it could've been a different story as the Italian chief has now claimed that their deal on deadline day in August was "all done".

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