As for Gakpo, he arrived at Anfield midway through last season as Liverpool dealt with a mini injury crisis.

"He is a good player, I like him a lot and the fans love him, but he isn't at the level of some of Liverpool's best forwards from the past.



He is a good player but he is not a Liverpool number nine.

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"Cody Gakpo is not a goalscorer and he won't get you 20 goals every season like Sadio Mane and Salah did.

Darwin Nunez gets a lot of chances but misses them too frequently."

The damning statement comes a matter of days after Liverpool squandered the chance to move back to the top of the Premier League(

The Reds then face three successive Premier League away fixtures to potentially save their season, making the journey to Fulham, across Stanley Park to Everton and down to West Ham.

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