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The 23-year-old scored nine goals and recorded 12 assists in 14 Eredivisie games this season, and added a further three goals and two assists in the Europa League.

Gakpo, an international colleague of Virgil van Dijk, revealed that the centre-back played a big role in encouraging him to move to Anfield. “We spoke a lot over the phone [in] the last days,” Gakpo admitted.

“What he told me was that this is the right move for me to make and for me to develop and to become a better player, that the club is a really big and massive club but also like a real family – I think that’s also very important for me because I’m a family guy. He said only good things.”