Liverpool, Man City join Bayern in the race to sign PSV forward
Liverpool and Manchester City have ‘held transfer talks’ with PSV forward Cody Gakpo, according to reports.
The winger has made 116 appearances for the Dutch giants and has 60 goal contributions to his name for the Eredivisie side.
He has been particularly impressive this season, netting ten times whilst providing 11 assists as PSV challenge Ajax and Feyenoord for the league title.
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Gakpo made his debut for Holland last summer, coming off the bench during his side’s 3-0 win over North Macedonia at Euro 2020.
He scored his first goal for his country against Montenegro in September and is regularly called up by Louis van Gaal.
Gakpo’s fine form has attracted interest from a number of top European clubs. However, multiple reports suggest that he is close to signing a new long-term deal at PSV.
According to Voetbal International (via the Mirror), the 22-year-old has ‘spoken’ with both Man City and Liverpool, but he ‘is yet to make his mind up on his immediate future’.
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— Manu Heredia (@ManuHeredia21) September 7, 2021
“The clubs that want something are also known to me, I’ve had conversations about that with my agent,” Gakpo said.
“Very interesting clubs have been added, but we have to look at what the first step is. At the moment my focus is not there and I had better things to do on Sunday.”
Meanwhile, Aston Villa are still keen on bringing Liverpool defender Joe Gomez to the club in the January transfer window, according to reports.
Villa have started well under Steven Gerrard but he is insistent they must improve, highlighting the backline as an area that needs to be strengthened.
Gerrard has made some progress on the training ground but additions are seen as key if they are to continue their decent start under the new manager.
Gomez is one player who has been linked with his playing time at Liverpool vastly reduced from before sustaining an injury last season.
And now Football Insider claims that Aston Villa ‘have not given up hope of prising’ Gomez away from Liverpool before the transfer deadline.
Gerrard’s side ‘registered their interest in the centre-back earlier in the window’ but his former club were not keen on doing business for their fourth-choice centre-back.
However, Villa ‘will make another move for Gomez this week’ with Gerrard – who is a ‘huge admirer’ of Gomez – still holding out ‘hope a deal can be done’.
