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Cody Gakpo: 'Chelsea showed interest before Liverpool move'

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Cody Gakpo suggests that Chelsea were interested in signing him before he made the decision to join Liverpool at the end of 2022.
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Cody Gakpo has revealed that Chelsea were considering making a formal bid for his signature before he signed for Liverpool.

Since the summer transfer window, Gakpo had been linked with a transfer to the Premier League with a number of teams having shown an interest.

The Netherlands international, who was then at PSV Eindhoven, has previously spoken about a potential switch to Manchester United, while he has also acknowledged that Leeds United were an option ahead of 2022-23.

With United requiring a replacement for Cristiano Ronaldo in January, it was widely assumed that Gakpo would make the switch to Old Trafford at the midway point of the campaign.

However, Liverpool caught everyone off guard by announcing a deal for the 23-year-old on Boxing Day, the transfer being formally completed on New Year's Day.

Despite being proactive in the transfer market since the much-publicised takeover at the end of May, Chelsea were rarely linked with a move for Gakpo.

Nevertheless, in an interview with the Daily Mail, the versatile attacker has indicated that contact had been made by the powers-that-be at Stamford Bridge.

Gakpo said: "When I heard about interest from Liverpool in the winter, I didn't think about anything else. There was also Chelsea maybe but I already had my mind made up.

"This is a good place for me to improve and develop and eventually show who I can be."

Gakpo has struggled to make an impact at Liverpool since his £37m switch, failing to contribute a goal or assist in six starts for the Merseyside giants.

One of his ineffective displays came versus Chelsea during a goalless draw in a game where the Blues handed a debut off the substitutes' bench to Mykhaylo Mudryk.

Having seemingly missed out on Gakpo, Chelsea pressed ahead with the additions of Joao Felix and David Datro Fofana for the centre of their forward line.

Felix netted his first goal for Chelsea versus West Ham United on Saturday afternoon, the Atletico Madrid loanee making just his second appearance due to a red card on his debut versus Fulham last month. body check tags ::

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1Liverpool23175156213556
2Arsenal24148249222750
3Nottingham ForestNott'm Forest24145540271347
4Manchester CityMan City24125748351341
5Newcastle UnitedNewcastle24125742291341
6Chelsea23117545301540
7Bournemouth24117641281340
8Aston Villa2410773437-337
9Fulham249963632436
10Brighton & Hove AlbionBrighton2481063538-334
11Brentford2494114242031
12Crystal Palace247982830-230
13Manchester UnitedMan Utd2485112834-629
14Tottenham HotspurSpurs24831348371127
15West Ham UnitedWest Ham2376102844-1627
16Everton236892328-526
17Wolverhampton WanderersWolves2454153452-1819
18Leicester CityLeicester2445152553-2817
19Ipswich TownIpswich2437142249-2716
20Southampton2423191854-369
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