Cody Gakpo is closing in on a year at Anfield and although he’s made a great impression on our team, he’s yet to be given a nickname but this wasn’t the case when he was growing up.
Speaking on ‘A day with Gakpo’ on LFCTV Go, the Dutchman revealed what he was called at PSV: “When I was at PSV, like 17/18 they always called me ‘long neck’ because they thought I had a long neck”.
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It didn’t seem like our No.18 was hoping that it was something that stuck now that he’s on Merseyside and it does seem a rather offensive selection from his former youth teammates.
We’ll probably see the 24-year-old handed another name from Liverpool fans if he remains at the club for a long time and let’s hope that ours can be a little more complimentary.
You can watch Gakpo’s comments on his nickname (from 2:08) via LFCTV Go:
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