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Theo Squires

Liverpool players begged Jurgen Klopp to sign forward who left after brutal double snub

Cody Gakpo is now officially a Liverpool player.

Gakpo's £40m move from PSV Eindhoven was announced earlier this week but, with the January transfer window opening today, the 23-year-old forward's Anfield career has now truly begun.

Rewind three years ago - to a pre-Covid world - and Takumi Minamino was in the same boat as the Dutchman. Minamino officially became a Red on this day in 2020 after his £7.25m switch from Red Bull Salzburg was rubber-stamped.

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