Liverpool hero John Aldridge is convinced of big things from new signing Cody Gakpo.

While former Reds teammate Steve Nicol has questioned the deal, Aldridge has no such doubts about the PSV Eindhoven attacker.

He wrote for the Liverpool Echo: "Cody Gakpo would be an ideal signing for the way Liverpool play. He can play across the front three, on the right and on the left.

"He can also play down the middle, and that's exactly what Jurgen Klopp likes from a player. He likes options and players who can move around a little bit, and he's certainly one of them.

"Darwin Nunez can play on the left and has done a really good job. Salah can as well and so can Diogo Jota.

"So Liverpool have more than enough options when they are all fit and available, with Roberto Firmino there, as well. Luis Diaz is a left winger, anyway.

"I think Liverpool are a little bit desperate because Firmino has been injured in the past, and Diaz and Jota are out for the foreseeable future. They're not going to come back fit and firing straight away, it will take a bit of time.

"So Liverpool need to have people who can score goals. We need goals now to get the club in the top four and stay in the remaining cup competitions.

"Gakpo is a very clever player from what I've read about him. He's very astute and really disciplined and he wants more from himself.

"I think the key factor would have been Virgil van Dijk. Klopp would more than likely have asked what he's like as a person, and he seems really disciplined.

"Van Dijk would have played against Gakpo in training and may have been given a rough time and been difficult to mark. Van Dijk may have relayed that and endorsed the player to Klopp."