If the general consensus claims Ryan Gravenberch to be the player most transformed by the arrival of Arne Slot, then Cody Gakpo cannot be too far behind
his fellow Netherlands international. Now approaching the two-year mark of his Liverpool arrival from PSV - which was agreed during three days of intense negotiation across Christmas Eve and Boxing Day between then sporting director Julian Ward and his counterpart Marcel Brands - there's an argument to be made that Gakpo has never been as important to the cause as he is right now.
Having seen how much the attacker thrived off the left of a front three during their time in the Eredivisie together, Slot had few qualms about ripping up Klopp's blueprints to turn the forward into a Roberto Firmino-lite 'false 9'.
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