There’s no getting around that 2025-26 has been a very bad season for Liverpool Football Club no matter how you come at it, and with the Reds now at serious risk of ending the season both without silverware and without Champions League qualification for next year there’s the potential for plenty of change in the summer.
Most of the chatter is understandably around head coach Arne Slot, with the Dutch manager’s future likely in doubt, but there is likely to be plenty of change on the player front as
well and after being cast as many—fairly or unfairly—as one of the problems this season it could be that Cody Gakpo will be moving on in the summer.
That’s the story that has emerged over the past 24 hours, with TeamTalk suggesting there is interest in both England by way of relegation-threatened Tottenham and in Europe from RB Leipzig. Despite not seeming to be the best sourced of transfer stories, it has since been picked up by ESPN and others, giving it wider airing.
There are also suggestions if Gakpo does depart it would free up the Reds to bring in Anthony Gordon, who they seem to have been linked with every summer for a while now and who on current form doesn’t seem much of an upgrade—and all of which feels like a lot of speculation thrown against the walls in the hopes some sticks.
What does seem clear is that in addition to likely being the final season for legends like Mohamed Salah, Andy Robertson, and potentially also Alisson Becker one might expect other departures after such a poor season, and Gakpo along with Alexis Mac Allister are currently attracting the most questions and speculation.
