Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has explained their swoop for Cody Gakpo.

Klopp was asked about their arrival from PSV at today's media conference for their clash with Leicester City.

He said, "The answer is pretty easy, it's obvious because he's a really, really, really good player, so the package is really interesting. The age he is in, the potential he shows, or has, and the quality he showed already in Holland and with the national team as well, so it makes him a really, really interesting player.

"And that's why we were very interested to get him in and I'm really happy that we could do it. So, big for us, big for him as well, so it's cool. He's obviously delighted about joining us. Everything will be good. So, great day, let me say it like this."

Asked if they made their move due to attacking injuries, Klopp continued: "No, not at all. We decided to do something from a sports point of view – without having the green light from the financial side already – months ago if you want, so two or three months ago. So that's why it has nothing to do with that. But in the end that we could do it early, that might have been influenced. We worked on it and you never have a guarantee when you find an agreement or whatever, these kind of things.

"How I said, that we talk about that there might be a chance [to play] on the 2nd [of January] is pretty special because the business only starts on the 1st. So the 7th is, for me, the first real possible date.

"He had an intense World Cup, had two-and-a-half weeks off, which means like three, four sessions he had in that time – it makes absolute sense that he didn't have more. It makes sense that he has now a few sessions – not only for football reasons like how to fit in but as well from a physical point of view. He is well rested, I would say, and now we can start working with him and then he should be fine for the 7th."