Cody Gakpo | OFFICIAL: Liverpool player

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Always had the feeling Gakpo is Ronaldo's replacement, not an alternative to Antony.
 
Don't care what stats you show me, he isn't better than Antony. He's also a wide forward rather than a winger.

Don't think he'll ever be good enough to start for the level where we'd wish to head. But he can be a very good squad player, which we'd need.

Like a Nani but quite less talented, and gifted but more productive.
 
Surely this guy is a smokescreen for getting Antony? Doesn't look to me like we need Gakpo kind of player. We badly wanted Antony but they are quite different players.
 
Borys said:
Surely this guy is a smokescreen for getting Antony? Doesn't look to me like we need Gakpo kind of player. We badly wanted Antony but they are quite different players.
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He would compete with Rashford and can be coached into a number 9. I don’t see why we can’t get both.
 
Would be a good squad signing for a seasonable price assuming we don’t sign Antony.
 
angak said:
100%. Anthony puts fear into defenders that Gakpo will never. Still think Antony has so much development in him.
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Anthony is the Circus act everybody wants to see, but in his case he only performs once a month. Anthony is very unstable, goes from brilliant to worthless, and is not very productive.

Nice to watch every now and then, but he will not bring United to a consistant higher level.

Gakpo won’t either by the way
 
MarcianoVink said:
Anthony is the Circus act everybody wants to see, but in his case he only performs once a month. Anthony is very unstable, goes from brilliant to worthless, and is not very productive.

Nice to watch every now and then, but he will not bring United to a consistant higher level.

Gakpo won’t either by the way
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I'm not saying you're wrong, but damn I miss the brillant part in our attack.
 
MarcianoVink said:
Anthony is the Circus act everybody wants to see, but in his case he only performs once a month. Anthony is very unstable, goes from brilliant to worthless, and is not very productive.

Nice to watch every now and then, but he will not bring United to a consistant higher level.

Gakpo won’t either by the way
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Although I can somewhere see your point, I also see your PSV bias. I agree he should be more consistent and score more goals. However he doesn't go to useless if he's not spectacular.

These spectacular performances like last week vs Groningen, sure they don't happen every week. Will probably take another 5-6 matches before he plays like that again. However it's not like he's shit in between. In the meanwhile he still puts in decent performances. In those orther matches he still draws at least 2 defenders to him, which creates space somewhere else. Hence why Ajax qas struggling last season when he was injured. Even when he's not involved with specacular moves himself, he always draws the attention from the opponents defense which helps the team enormously.

As much as Antony isn't spectacular every week, he also doesn't play many terrible matches. In that sense he's actually very reliable and consistent. He's only very inconsistent if you put spectacular performances like last week as the standard. There are very few players on the planet that are consistent on that standard though. As mentioned, I agree he should be directly involved with more goals and I even agree that with his talent he should show more performances like against Groningen at Eredivisielevel. However his overall performances are much more consistent as been suggested.
 
I could see it kind of if Gakpo is seen as the possible guy if Ronaldo is gone. I'd rather Morata, a proper physical hold up play striker, but it would make sense squad build wise at least. If Ronaldo stays we shouldn't touch Gakpo.
 
Daslogisch said:
Although I can somewhere see your point, I also see your PSV bias. I agree he should be more consistent and score more goals. However he doesn't go to useless if he's not spectacular.

These spectacular performances like last week vs Groningen, sure they don't happen every week. Will probably take another 5-6 matches before he plays like that again. However it's not like he's shit in between. In the meanwhile he still puts in decent performances. In those orther matches he still draws at least 2 defenders to him, which creates space somewhere else. Hence why Ajax qas struggling last season when he was injured. Even when he's not involved with specacular moves himself, he always draws the attention from the opponents defense which helps the team enormously.

As much as Antony isn't spectacular every week, he also doesn't play many terrible matches. In that sense he's actually very reliable and consistent. He's only very inconsistent if you put spectacular performances like last week as the standard. There are very few players on the planet that are consistent on that standard though. As mentioned, I agree he should be directly involved with more goals and I even agree that with his talent he should show more performances like against Groningen at Eredivisielevel. However his overall performances are much more consistent as been suggested.
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And i see your Ajax bias . Antony normally plays kindergarden opponents if you compare it to the Premier league.The reststance for him will grow immensly. I have repeatedly said that Antony is not a bad player, but paying an arrived-star fee for him is just rediculous, as he still has a lot to prove. Same for Gakpo.

100 mln just is a rediculous amount of money for an unproven talent
 
MarcianoVink said:
As a true PSV supporter, i’ve been following this thread for a while. I’d like to comment on some of the remarks that have been made about Cody Gakpo:

At first, Gakpo has played his entire carreer as a righg-footed left winger. I have seen some comment that suggest he might be a future striker, but there’s no real proof (other then his shotpower) that Gakpo can play in that position. He rarely plays as a striker.

As a winger, Gakpo likes to come inside to aim for the goal, and his primary skills are his shot-power and accuracy. Gakpo scores a lot of goals from outside the box.

When going around the outside, Gakpo usually will cut back and go for the right footed assist. His second skill would be his passing. His stats will tell the rest. If he stays at PSV this season i expect him to deliver a lot of assists on Luuk the Jong.

Opposite from Anthony, Gakpo is not a great dribbler. Don’t expect him to pass tree opponents in a small space, he hasn’t got the skills to do that. PSV often uses the counter attack, and that suits him well. His long legs and fierce body makes it very difficult for opponents to get him off the ball.

When comparing Gakpo with Memphis and Bergwijn, i think Gakpo is further then Bergwijn when he left, but less decisive as Memphis when he left. As a person, Gakpo is an example for any other player; polite, gentle, far from arrogant, and greedy to get better

As his pricing: PSV will not let Gakpo go for less then 45 mln euro (excl extra bonus fees). Gakpo is born and raised in Eindhoven, and PSV is certain Gakpo will be the most expensive player to leave the club untill now (Hirving Lozano holds that record at the moment)

Is he worth the money? I think Cody could bring Man United a lot, but not at this moment. The situation in which Manchester United finds itself right now, will not bring the best out of Gakpo. I think only the true stars will be able to make Manchester United better, And Cody is not (yet) that kind of player.

As a PSV supporter i hope he will stay with us for another year. Curious to see which Choise Man Utd will make.
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Good post. I think cody is the backup for anthoy. We wouldnt buy both.

What is cody like in the air? ETH does like alot of crosses into the box.
 
The discussion is nonsensical as they play different positions.

I think Gakpo only makes sense if he's brought in as a long term CF successor.

A specialist RW such as Anthony or Ziyech is what we need regardless.
 
VanDeBank said:
The discussion is nonsensical as they play different positions.

I think Gakpo only makes sense if he's brought in as a long term CF successor.

A specialist RW such as Anthony or Ziyech is what we need regardless.
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Yeah seems to more of a player down middle or have I got that completely wrong
 
How’s he with his back to goal @MarcianoVink? Or in duels for a lost ball? Is he Rashford/Sancho lite and utterly pathetic or half decent?
 
MarcianoVink said:
And i see your Ajax bias . Antony normally plays kindergarden opponents if you compare it to the Premier league.The reststance for him will grow immensly. I have repeatedly said that Antony is not a bad player, but paying an arrived-star fee for him is just rediculous, as he still has a lot to prove. Same for Gakpo.

100 mln just is a rediculous amount of money for an unproven talent
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That was not my point. My point was that you suggested that he's shit most of the games, which is just not true.

I agree 100M is a ridiculous fee, but that's what you get if you go after players with a long term contract when their clubs don't want to sell them.
 
Dorris said:
How’s he with his back to goal @MarcianoVink? Or in duels for a lost ball? Is he Rashford/Sancho lite and utterly pathetic or half decent?
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He doesnt get into a lot of back to goal positions because of how he prefers to play, but when he does get into them incidentally, he does well, 'cause he has a good first touch and is strong. His work rate is top notch.

I know you didn't ask me, but the missus is a PSV fan so I've watched my fair share.
 
Sancho
Ronaldo
Antony
Gakpo
Rashford
Martial
Elanga
Garnacho

Would be nice to have some depth finally.

Not that I think it will happen mind you.
 
Burt saying it's either Antony or Gakpo not both. Really don't want Gakpo, think he'll be ineffective here and not the type we need. Would rather we go hard for Pedro Neto if we can't get Antony, or take a loan from one of the Chelsea wingers and go back for Antony next year. Spend the budget on a GK and RB.
 
Haven't seen anything impressive from him so far. You can see the potential with Anthony, but Gakpo seems pretty average.
 
If it's only one of them and they don't know any other players in the world, I'd take Gakpo as the lesser evil. He seems a quiet player but more level headed than Antony, and the fee in case of failing is not that big. It would be ridiculous to reach € 80-100 M for a player in the dutch league who isn't even killing it there, a new low for the club in terms of amateurish stuff.

Antony seems a player of big contrasts, capable of extraordinary in isolated spells but very frustrating at times. He's shooting a lot and not scoring much with it. 8 goals and 4 assists in the dutch league last season with 200 minutes less than Gakpo, who scored 12 and assisted 13.

I'm honestly curious about Gakpo as a potential supportive #9 surrounded by productive players, but as we don't have the productive players it would be a bit pointless to try. Two risky transfers here that solve nothing in the short term. Really discouraged by our approach in the market.
 
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It's makes no sense to target an out and out right winger like Antony but the alternate to be what looks like an even worse version of Rashford on the left. No plan as usual.
 
I see him as more of a striker than a winger so I would hope we get him in addition to Antony and not instead of him.
 
VanDeBank said:
The discussion is nonsensical as they play different positions.

I think Gakpo only makes sense if he's brought in as a long term CF successor.

A specialist RW such as Anthony or Ziyech is what we need regardless.
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Ziyech is not a special RW. He is predominantly a CAM, but can fill in on the right.
 
Leftback99 said:
It's makes no sense to target an out and out right winger like Antony but the alternate to be what looks like an even worse version of Rashford on the left. No plan as usual.
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He can't possibly offer less than Rashford right now.
 
Don't want this to happen at all. Not only is he not a right winger, I'd rather have Danjuma or Gouiri if we are looking at left wingers that van play as strikers
 
Have people seen a lot of Gakpo or are people guessing based off of youtube videos? It just seems weird that he seems to be so lowly rated despite being Dutch footballer of the year and having better assists and, a lot, more goals than Antony. And he is only 23 years old.
 
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