Liverpool on Wednesday announced the signing of Dutch winger of Togolese descent, Cody Gakpo, from PSV Eindhoven after the youngster completed his medical and agreed personal terms.
Gakpo emerged as a Liverpool principal target on Boxing Day following a good World Cup in Qatar. The deal is subject to a work permit.
All that remained was for Gakpo to sort out personal terms and complete a mandatory medical examination amd that went successfully on Wednesday.
Mainly a left winger, Gakpo had scored 13 goals from 24 appearances in the first half of the season for PSV, as well as providing 17 assists. Both tallies were competition highs in the Eredivisie.
Now, he is gearing himself up for his new challenge on Merseyside.
Speaking to the club’s official media team, Gakpo said: “I feel really good, I’m really excited to be here. I’m looking forward to start training and start playing for this amazing club.
“I think this is a great club for me to come in and try to show what I can [do] and try to help the team to achieve more beautiful moments that they already did in the past years.
Elaborating on his targets, Gakpo added: “I’m really looking forward to [playing at Anfield]. I heard a lot of great stories about the stadium, about the atmosphere. I cannot wait.
“Obviously [my aim is] to win as many prizes as we can as a team, to perform well, to show the world what we can do as a team and what I can do as a player. And personally, just to keep developing and become a better player every season.
Liverpool are next in action on December 30 against Leicester, a game in which Gakpo cannot play, but their first fixture after he officially joins will be against Brentford on January 2.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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