Liverpool told whether they could use Cody Gakpo in a swap deal for £87m star

Liverpool told whether they could use Cody Gakpo in a swap deal for £87m star Liverpool have a lot of questions to answer next season. The Anfield outfit have massively let their fans down this term with the club currently five points adrift of the Champions League spots. There have been many factors involved with their poor performances this term but their main problem has been the lack of cohesion among their players and the fact that Arne Slot has been playing his men away from their favoured positions.

Cody Gakpo is one of the biggest culprits for this with the Dutchman failing to meet the standards expected of him despite the trust that Slot has shown in him. And now, ahead of the 2026-27 summer transfer window, the future of the former PSV man is being brought into question. Liverpool will not use Cody Gakpo as a bargaining chip to sign Yan Diomande At the moment, Yan Diomande feels like the most likely player to join Liverpool this summer.

The 19-year-old is one of the most sought-after wingers in the world with most of Europe's biggest clubs vying for his transfer. However, since RB Leipzig are demanding around £87 million to prise him away from the Red Bull Arena, there are some reservations about whether that much money should be spent on such a young player. Indeed, he may have 19 goal contributions to his name at the moment but, as Florian Wirtz has shown, the Premier League is a completely different kettle of fish to the Bundesliga.

And, because the price that Leipzig are demanding for Diomande is so high, many rumours have started to emerge including a potential swap deal which could mean that Gakpo goes the other way. However, as per an update from German journalist Christian Falk , this isn't all that likely to happen. "It is TRUE: Liverpool are looking closely at Yan Diomande.