Gakpo, Manchester United and a questionable decision

There are several giants of the old continent with the name of Cody Gakpo (23 years old) highlighted in his agenda before the World Cup in Qatar 2022. Especially the Manchester Utda club where, according to the player himself who admitted last October, he was close to signing in the summer.

“I will soon leave PSV. I talked to Ten Hag -Manchester United coach- several times and in the end it couldn’t be done. It’s a pity, for me and for my development, because United is one of the biggest clubs in the world”, said the striker in an interview with ‘The Times‘.

Antony, the dearest of summer

The Mancunian side have selected another rising star of the Eredivisie, the Brazilian Anthony (22), for which they paid an insignificant amount of 95 million euros, which did the former ajax in the most expensive signing of the previous summer market Wesley Fofana (80.4 million euros, Chelsea) and Aurélien Tchouaméni (80, Real Madrid).

The most expensive signing of the summer 2022-23.

No one doubts the immense quality of Anthonybut the truth is, until now, the numbers do not give him, far from it, the reason for united. While the São Paulo winger has only scored three goals in the 11 games he has played in the red jacket of the red devils, Gakpo continued his meteoric progression, scoring 30 goals -13 goals and 17 assists- in 24 games under the command of Ruud van Nistelrooycoach of PSV Eindhovenand has been confirmed in Qatar, where it could return with its market value through the roof.

Official ‘Oranje’ can opener

In the absence of Memphis DePaytook over the first two rounds as he was not 100% recovered from the torn femoral biceps in his left leg that he suffered at the end of September, Gakpo took the stripes of the offensive game of ‘Oranje’, which opened the can against the Senegal, Ecuador Y Qatar and equal to Enner Valencia (Ecuador), Rashford (England) and mbappe (France) as the leading scorer of the World Cup.

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A performance that sent alarms into the Old Trafford offices amid fears another big performance – in the final hours Liverpool, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid rang out – would overtake them, leaving the next question up in the air. did he do well united opting for Anthony rather than Gakpo? The numbers say the opposite and what seems clear is that if they want to change their mistake, they will have to dig – even deeper – into their pockets.