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‘People forget’… Dirk Kuyt says Liverpool have a player who could eventually score 20 goals a season

Charles Jones
Charles Jones

Cody Gakpo has almost been at Liverpool for a year now, and he’s had something of a mixed time of it at Anfield thus far.

The Dutchman has been utterly brilliant at times, but he’s struggled to really nail down a place in the team, being shifted into midfield at times as Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota jostle for an attacking start.

Speaking on the , Dirk Kuyt has been discussing his fellow countryman, and he reckons that Gakpo is more than capable of beinꦗg a 20-goal-a-season player for Liverpool at some point if he’s given the necessary gametime.

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Gakpo can score 20 a season

Kuyt gave his verdict on the attacker.

“Do 𒅌you think he can get 20 goals in a se🌞ason?” Kuyt was asked.

“I think in the future he can do so. He arrived at a difficult time, it’s never easy to join a club in a winter break. Not many players can get into a team so quickly. Liverpool had som𝓰e injuries when he came and Jurgen had to put him straight into the team,” Kuyt said.

“Last season, Gakpo showed 🍬some quality moments with some great goals. People said they still expected more from him, 🎶people forget he’s still at a young age, but once he finds his position in the team, and he’s playing 30/35 games, I think he can be a 20+ goalscorer.”

Massive potential

Kuytܫ says that Gakpo has the pot𒉰ential to be a 20-goal-a-season striker, and we’re inclined to agree.

The Dutchman is still only settling at Anfield, and he’s already fairly prolific – netting🅺 seven in 21 last season for the Reds.

Before that, he was really in his stride fo﷽r PSV, netting nine in 14 in half a season, and once he gets up to that sort of form in England, he could easily start banging in the goals at the rate of a w𓆉orld-class forward.

Liverpool have some incredible attackers on their books right now, and Gakpo is certainly a player to be excited about.