04 Jun 2026 12:28:48
Reports linking Gakpo with Ath Madrid for £50m going around this morning. Probably a good move for all if it happens. A given confidence in him has gone from the fan base.
04 Jun 2026 12:58:57.
Seems cheap tbh.
04 Jun 2026 13:02:09
I'm not sure it has Overkill. I think he's a good player and I know a lot of other fans who think the same. He just became a target for the negative element on social media because he's Dutch and Slot was Dutch too, so it was perceived as some kind of favouritism.
He had a poor season, but he's not alone in that.
The seasons before that he's scored and assisted some really important goals for us.
I think every player deserves a clean slate with a new manager, but if he wants to go then that's a different story. We should never keep hold of any player who wants to leave.
04 Jun 2026 13:03:44
Would leave us with just Rio as wide options, as Chiesa is surely gone. Liverpool 200.0.
04 Jun 2026 13:06:20
Some disruption to the forward line. I actually think Gakpo would do really well under Iraola. Hope he stays. Unless Julian Alvarez is coming the other way as part of the deal.
04 Jun 2026 13:07:52
Personally don't rate Gakpo, he's too predictable out left and non-existent up top.
04 Jun 2026 13:08:27
Is he best suited to Andoni's style or are there better profiles?
04 Jun 2026 13:16:40
Gakpo is one of the reasons we struggle against low blocks. He congests the middle, which leaves no space for Wirtz or Isak, and has no synergy with Kerkez.
04 Jun 2026 13:17:29
Bingo, FSW. He is a quality player technically, but I don't think he is the type of player who can play heavy metal footy.
04 Jun 2026 13:19:54
Front lines going to be new anyway, Gakpo remaining won't make much difference, everyone will be under a new coaching team too. If someone's offering £50 million in snapping their hand off.
04 Jun 2026 13:21:56
I'd love 50-60M + Gackpo for Alvarez. That would make so much sense. Probably throw in someone like Endo or Chiesa for good measure to seal it.
Could happen.
04 Jun 2026 13:26:45
I personally don't rate Gakpo in the slightest. If someone offered us £50 million for him, I'd accept before they'd even got to the add-ons and payment structure, then run for the hills and never look back.
04 Jun 2026 13:27:03
Kloppiche, we can't be complaining about having a bloated, overpaid squad if we're then pushing too hard on getting the highest fee.
For me, for someone on £250k/week wages and who cost us c£40m (give or take, not sure on achieved addons) and who I think most fans do not believe can thrive in a heavy metal football environment, £50m is a really, really good price for all parties.
I would take it, thank him for his 4 years here and wish him well.
04 Jun 2026 13:28:52
If we sell Gakpo, that leaves us with just Isak who can play CF. And he has a big question mark over his fitness, based on last season.
We already have a lot of survey needed on the squad.
This would add another wide player/forward to the shopping list, on top of the one or two we already need.
04 Jun 2026 13:36:50
Isn't Alvarez going to Barca?
Gakpo can go where he likes, imo, he'll be replaced. I was never a fan of his style of play, tbh, he's had some good moments and admittedly did impressive numbers in 24/25, but I find him immensely frustrating to watch, and have done since day 1.
I was never a fan, nothing to do with this season's performance, that only cemented it for me. I'd be happy to get £70m for him and bring in Diomande and Barcola.
04 Jun 2026 13:55:12
Fields, thank you always for the good news.
Are Diomande and other targets under negotiation?
Iraola's tactics remind me of heavy metal, but I can't wait to recruit new players and get their feet together.
04 Jun 2026 13:57:29
I hope he is sold fairly quickly.
04 Jun 2026 14:28:23
Navy Keith, it's arguable that 3 forwards are required before sales, as we're down to Isak, Gakpo, and Rio as likely starters. I'd like to include Chiesa, but he's not really been in the discussion since he joined.
04 Jun 2026 15:06:22
While I'm not a fan of Gakpo, he provides depth which we didn't have last year, so, if he goes, then we will worsen our depth without Ekitike for almost the entire year, without Salah (to be replaced), probably without Chiesa and with an injury prone striker in Isak.
The rumored business, if it is 50 million guaranteed, seems decent to me.
I know that people are saying it is cheap, but at the end, not many teams outside the Premier League can afford high transfer fees / wages.
The only teams outside Premier League clubs that could afford him that I can think of are PSG, Bayern, Real Madrid, Barcelona (before the issue with La Liga regarding transfers and their debt) and some Saudi clubs. Atletico Madrid and Juventus are like a second tier in that sense because they pay for players sometimes. Therefore, it would be hard to sell Gakpo, hence why 50 million is not that bad of a business.
04 Jun 2026 15:49:08
He's worth more than £50m. There seems to be a recent trend with our recruitment team overspending and underselling players. Keep him for added squad strength. We lack bodies at the moment.
04 Jun 2026 17:23:08
Thefields, So what was he playing under Klopp?
04 Jun 2026 17:25:49
Spot on Riosstepover,
Once one idiot started slating Gakpo and saying he was related to Slot, all the unoriginal sheep followed. I agree, he never had a great season, but others were worse. Slot's style and the general lack of squad fitness affected them all.
04 Jun 2026 17:43:35
Oli, not the heavy metal football we had in Klopp's first couple of seasons. We had moved to a more possession style when Gakpo joined.
04 Jun 2026 18:57:34
The concern is depth and honesty lack of goals in the forwards.... I believe he is now our leading goal scorer of current players, with Van Dijk next. We have lost so many goals from the team it would be poor planning to let him go unless a huge offer comes in.
He may not be suited completely to style under Iraola, but think we need him for option for rotation/bench. Sturridge provided an option for Klopp early on....