{"id":4870,"date":"2025-01-29T07:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-01-29T08:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=4870"},"modified":"2025-01-29T08:43:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-29T08:43:39","slug":"liverpool-star-reveals-the-reason-37-million-man-utd-transfer-collapsed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/29\/liverpool-star-reveals-the-reason-37-million-man-utd-transfer-collapsed\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool star reveals the reason \u00a337 million Man Utd transfer collapsed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cody Gakpo is starring for Liverpool this season but he could easily have joined Manchester United instead (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cody Gakpo<\/a> has revealed the reason a move to Manchester United<\/a> collapsed and paved the way for him to join Liverpool<\/a> instead.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old is enjoying his best spell for the Premier League<\/a> club and has played a pivotal role in a season that looks likely to end in glory for Arne Slot’s men<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Injuries to Diogo Jota<\/a> allied to Darwin Nunez’s erratic form in front of goal <\/a>has seen Gakpo take on extra responsibility this term under Jurgen Klopp’s successor.<\/p>\n

With 14 goals in all competitions, the former PSV Eindhoven forward is finally justifying Klopp’s decision to sign him<\/a>, in part on the evidence of his impressive performances for Netherlands at the Qatar World Cup.<\/p>\n

Gakpo could easily have been representing his country as a United player after Erik ten Hag had made him a priority transfer target <\/a>upon his appointment at Old Trafford. <\/p>\n

Ten Hag had already raided the Eredivisie and recruited his former Ajax charges Lisandro Martinez and Antony and planned to make Gakpo a key part of his forward line. <\/p>\n

A late change of heart, however, saw the deal stall and Gakpo made the decision to stay put, until the winter window, after he scored his first career hat-trick for PSV against FC Volendam shortly before the deadline.<\/p>\n

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Cody Gakpo captained PSV before his move to Liverpool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘In the summer of 2022 I was almost planning to leave and I almost went to United at the end they didn’t want me anymore, things happened,’ Gakpo told TNT Sport. <\/p>\n

‘Then I could’ve stayed here or went to two other clubs I just prayed about it and found the answer in some goals I scored. <\/p>\n

‘I scored a hat-trick and it was the first hat-trick of my career so I think a more clear answer I couldn’t get. And besides, fate guides me a lot and I think my parents guide me a lot in everything I do.’<\/p>\n

Gakpo is returning to Eindhoven, where he spent five years, tonight for the first time since his January 2023 move to Merseyside.<\/p>\n

‘Pretty strange,’ he said when he asked how it would feel.<\/p>\n

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Cody Gakpo has scored 14 goals for Liverpool this season (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘I’ve never been in the away dressing room so it will be my first time. But when the game starts I think all those things will fade away and we will be focused on the game and we are going for the win.’<\/p>\n

Slot, meanwhile, admits he has broken with his usual preparation methods by planning for two matches at the same time after naming a weakened squad for the trip to Eindhoven.<\/p>\n

His Champions League leaders, the only team to win all seven matches, are guaranteed to finish no lower than second<\/a> and having assessed the potential implications for the last 16 he decided the return to his homeland was a game he could gamble on.<\/p>\n

Saturday’s trip to high-flying Bournemouth is the most significant fixture this week as Liverpool look to maintain their six-point lead at the top and for that reason he has left nine of the team who beat Ipswich 4-1 at home.<\/p>\n

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Cody Gakpo returns to Eindhoven tonight ahead of Liverpool’s Champions League match (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson Becker, Ibrahima Konate, Ryan Gravenberch, Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister and Luis Diaz have all been given Wednesday off in order to have some much-needed downtime, with this the eight game of nine in 27 days.<\/p>\n

Defender Joe Gomez has also remained at home after returning to training having missed seven matches with a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n

Slot was asked if he was scared at the prospect of facing the Dutch champions and current Eredivisie leaders without most of his major stars.<\/p>\n

‘I wouldn’t say I’m scared. It took me while to understand this new format but I am 100 per cent sure it doesn’t matter at all if we end up one or two; the result has no importance,’ he said.<\/p>\n

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