Liverpool's Strong Position on Cody Gakpo Amid Tottenham Interest
Cody Gakpo has become one of the more delicate questions of Liverpool’s summer. Not because the club want to move him on, but because others have started to ask how prisable he might be.
Tottenham are among them.
Transfer specialist Fabrizio Romano has stated that Spurs hold an interest in the Dutch forward and that several clubs are exploring whether a deal could be constructed. That’s all it is for now: interest, questions, early probing. Liverpool, crucially, have not given any green light to an exit and remain content with Gakpo’s place in the squad.
In a market where a single enquiry can quickly morph into a saga, that distinction matters. No bid. No agreement. Just the first knock on the door.
Liverpool Hold the Cards
Liverpool’s position is strong, and they know it.
Gakpo is not a fringe name being eased out of the picture. He is a versatile forward with clear value to a squad that will demand depth and rotation across a long, multi-competition campaign. He can start from the left, slide inside, or operate centrally. He offers different movements, different passing angles, different ways to threaten.
Selling that kind of profile only makes sense when two conditions are met: the money is too good to ignore and the succession plan is already in place. Neither box has been ticked.
That is why Liverpool can afford to be patient. They do not need to sell. They do not need to rush. If anything, they can sit back and let the market come to them.
Why Spurs Are Looking at Gakpo
From Tottenham’s point of view, the interest is obvious.
Gakpo brings Premier League experience and international pedigree, a forward comfortable attacking from various zones rather than being locked into a single lane. For a club reshaping its front line and searching for players who can interchange and carry threat in multiple roles, he fits the brief.
He is not a pure winger, not a traditional No 9, not just a secondary striker. He lives in the spaces between those labels. Those players cost money, and they rarely come cheap from direct rivals.
That is the challenge for Spurs: admiration is easy, extraction is not.
World Cup Shadow Over the Market
Romano’s line that no decision will be taken “during the World Cup” is more than a throwaway detail.
Major tournaments twist the market. A standout month can inflate a valuation overnight; a subdued campaign can drag it back down just as quickly. Clubs who have done this for long enough know the dangers of paying emotional prices for players who have just ridden a wave of national momentum.
Liverpool, in this context, have every reason to wait. With no immediate pressure to sell and only exploratory interest on the table, the smart move is to let the tournament play out, reassess the landscape and avoid getting swept up in short-term noise.
The Risk of Strengthening a Rival
This is where the conversation becomes sharper for Liverpool.
Letting Gakpo leave is not a quiet squad trim. It is a decision that would remove a proven attacking option from Anfield and hand him to a domestic rival with top-four ambitions of their own. That kind of move always carries a cost that goes beyond the transfer fee.
Yes, every player has a price. But the number for a forward in his prime, under contract, with tactical flexibility and Premier League experience, should be uncomfortable for the buying club. Especially when that club wears the colours of a direct competitor.
Tottenham can keep asking the question. They can keep testing the water. Until they put something on the table that genuinely forces Liverpool to think, though, this remains what it is: interest without leverage, curiosity without consequence.
And for now, Liverpool hold the line and hold the power.
