Rik Elfrink, a journalist from the Netherlands, has translated the most recent information about the forward: It is expected that Cody Gakpo would miss several weeks of Liverpool’s season. A few weeks, assuming all goes as planned.
“It appears that the former PSV player will not be able to attend the Dutch matches in October.”
Not good news for the 24-year-old who appeared to be leaving the game with a brace: he was wearing one, according to Jurgen Klopp (via liverpoolfc.com). Despite the fact that he had scored a goal, he felt it much more after that shot. It was a result of the earlier foul.
Our front line is now a little bit more spread, so Ben Doak will probably have more opportunities to find himself open, so this will be a big blow. Our No. 18 appeared to be finding his groove in the team as he scored two goals in his last two games.
With five games in October (R. Union SG, Brighton, Everton, Toulouse, and Nottingham Forest) and a match against Bournemouth on November 1, it might be a costly month without the former PSV player.
Together with the manager’s other four attacking alternatives, the Dutch international has so far allowed us to rotate the forward line throughout games and midweek encounters.
However, given the recent suspension issues, it could now be important to think about resting players in order to ensure their availability for the “bigger” games.
Curtis Jones and Diogo Jota won’t be available when Brighton comes to Anfield, so it will be interesting to see how strong our boss is both against the Seagulls and in the Europa League.
