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Gakpo was not of Liverpool's interest 6 months before move, signing 'led by coaching staff' - Sky Sports

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 might not have happened if it wasn't for 

The Dutch forward was not of the club's interest in the summer when he was on the verge of joining 

However, his eventual move was led by the coaching staff, the report says, highlighting Jurgen Klopp's increased role in recruitment.

The 23-year-old has been portrayed as an eventual successor to Firmino. However, the Brazilian is now close to signing a new contract which puts Liverpool's squad management in even sharper focus.

Why 'blowing January budget' on Gakpo instead of a midfielder makes sense — explained

. It was reported that the Reds had spent their entire January budget on the forward.

Many fans are wondering why the Reds used the money on the Dutchman instead of landing a midfielder.

"Not a criticism of the player himself, but I'd really love to know the thought process that culminated in spending £40m on Gakpo and then proceeding to repeatedly play him out of position while continuing to ignore the embarrassingly obvious need to invest in the midfield," one fan tweeted.

"This isn't a criticism of Gakpo as a player, but sanctioning paying £44m for him and playing him out of position when we've got a glaring midfield issue was stupidity of the highest order," another commented.

"The Gakpo transfer is actually astonishing. Blowing your January budget on a well stocked area instead of the area you literally had to panic to bring someone in for, is just insane," another Red wrote.

We obviously can't get into the heads of Jurgen Klopp and other decision-makers at Liverpool but the winter transfer of Gakpo makes sense on so many levels.

 were looking to sign Cody in January so if the Reds hadn't moved fast, he would have been a United player.

. After seeing Chelsea pay around £100m for 

 (12 goals in 65 games in the Ukrainian league), one would say that getting Gakpo with his crazy Eredivisie numbers for a relatively small fee is a bargain.

 are injured. Liverpool don't have any decent options on the left other than 

, who should be played as a centre-forward. If the Reds didn't sign Gakpo, Klopp would have been forced to play Ox on the left.

. What if Liverpool used the ~£40m Gakpo fee for a midfielder, who would have they signed in January? 

 costs £105m, Brighton are demanding more than £70m for Caicedo while the likes of Saul Niguez and 

'All good with this squad': Klopp confirms Liverpool won't sign anyone in January

The second defeat against Brighton showed that 

 need a new midfielder urgently, as they had to introduce Henderson, Fabinho and Jones in the second half.

 has confirmed that the Reds won't try to bring in a new player this month despite rumours saying otherwise.

"Nothing will happen in this transfer window, not at all," Klopp told BT Sport after the Brighton defeat.

"It's all good with this squad," he added.

 will remain the only player Liverpool signed in the January window.

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no point crying about it the club made a mistake just have to go on this season with the players that we have started today come on Liverpool time to get u act together come on👍

Waiman Lo. L.F.C 1892 ⚽ 🏆

If I'm not wrong, Pep called him the missing link. 
I'm glad we got him, many people don't think so but I'm sure, with time he will flourish. 
He would actually be great in a front four with Diaz, Nunez, Salah but for that we need two solid midfielders and Diaz back, so let's wait and see. Don't judge too fast.

Bhargava_FanOfLFC

not worried about top four my main alarm is I want club sold then summer we can rebuild without top four and hopefully no Europe

Player		G
Erling Haaland	Man City	20
Cole Palmer	Chelsea	20
Ollie Watkins	Aston Villa	19
Dominic Solanke	Bournemouth	18
Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	17

Gakpo was not of Liverpool's interest 6 months before move, signing 'led by coaching staff' - Sky Sports

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