Dirk Kuyt is delighted for fellow Dutchman Cody Gakpo after he was handed his old Liverpool No18 shirt.

Kuyt spent six years at the club, during which time he scored 71 goals in 285 appearances in the No 18 shirt, which the ex-PSV forward will now wear under Jurgen Klopp.

Gakpo joined Liverpool in a £44million switch from the Eredivisie club, putting pen to paper on a five-and-a-half year deal at the Reds.

"Cody Gakpo, welcome to @LFC," Kuyt, formerly of Feyenoord, Fenerbahce, Utrecht, Liverpool and Holland, wrote on Twitter.

"This number has brought me lots of magic, and I hope it will bring you the same kinda magic too. Congratulations and good luck."

Kuyt arrived at Anfield in 2006, and left in 2012 after winning the Carabao Cup in the same year to add to his Community Shield medal with the Reds.