The majority of Gakpo’s profession at PSV has been spent as a large participant, and it’s straightforward to see how he might make a distinction to Liverpool off the left, definitely within the quick time period as Diaz recovers from his knee harm.
He isn’t lightning fast, however he definitely isn’t gradual, and his want to float infield onto his proper foot would swimsuit Andy Robertson, who likes to get ahead from left again.
Gakpo’s positional play has come on considerably within the final 12 months. He has labored with a private ways coach, Loran Vrielink, to enhance his consciousness and off-the-ball abilities, and his physicality means he ought to be capable of deal with the rigours of the Premier League, and of Liverpool’s high-intensity urgent recreation. His objective risk, in the meantime, would make him a much more pure possibility as a part of a entrance three than, say, Fabio Carvalho, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain or Curtis Jones.
Potential line-up (4-3-3): Alisson, Alexander-Arnold, Matip, Van Dijk, Robertson, Henderson, Fabinho, Thiago, Salah, Nunez, Gakpo