Sorry but when Gakpo went up front he couldnt really get past his man despite someone being tight to him, didnt create enough and wasnt a goal threat. Nunez did with his pace create some opportunities. He had his own issues but we made it easy for them taking Gakpo off.
Personally I just dont think he is good enough at all and in the summer look to move him on.
If the Gakpo transfer is anything to go by, it serves as an important reminder to leave recruitment in the scouting experts - i.e. the recruitment team and DoF. That's their job, their main focus and what they are paid big bucks to do. This is one major benefit of the restructure which should, all things considering, give that power back to the men upstairs.
That strategy did well for us before more authority over transfers was given to Klopp and Lijnders, so why they deviated from a model that was so successful is just self-sabotage.
Gakpo is a good player, but he's not good enough for Liverpool's level. You could say that for a few more in the squad brought in. We're using the likes of Firmino, Mane, etc as benchmarks. You can make the argument that he's brought in as a utility player, but even then, he's nowhere near the level of an Origi. Heck, if we're using the likes of Firmino, Mane and Salah as a benchmark, then even Diaz isn't anywhere near good enough.
Given the flagrant spending of our rivals and their ability to easily rectify duff signings, every signing for us has to work and dropping the ball has major repercussions. We can't afford passengers and it only takes one mediocre signing to throw everything out of sync.
