{"id":618673,"date":"2022-10-20T15:16:18","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T19:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=618673"},"modified":"2022-10-20T15:19:01","modified_gmt":"2022-10-20T19:19:01","slug":"cody-gakpo-manchester-united-transfer-miss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/10\/20\/cody-gakpo-manchester-united-transfer-miss\/","title":{"rendered":"23-Year-Old Forward With More Goal Contributions Than Erling Haaland Reflects on Failed Manchester United Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">PSV Eindhoven\u00a0forward Cody Gakpo has confirmed that\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/cody-gakpo-meet-europe-s-most-prolific-player-who-manchester-united-missed-out-on-xmlnf2v28#Echobox=1666160693\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">he was really close<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to joining\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/10\/18\/manchester-united-jonathan-david-potential-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Manchester United<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0in the summer transfer window. The 23-year-old even spoke to manager Erik ten Hag about a potential move but saw it fall through when the Red Devils instead signed\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/09\/01\/antony-completes-manchester-united-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Antony<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0from Ajax.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Cody Gakpo Opens up on Failed Manchester United Transfer<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Really enjoyed this interview with Cody Gakpo, the latest Dutch sensation at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PSV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@PSV<\/a>. He talked about watching clips of Henry, putting up posters of Ronaldinho, missing out on his big move to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/mufc?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#mufc<\/a> in the summer and growing up with really big feet. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/D5BVAIx2ZW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/D5BVAIx2ZW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Allnutt (@TomAllnutt_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomAllnutt_\/status\/1582654219252731909?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gakpo Reveals All About Summer Transfer Drama With United<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Dutch international was strongly pursued by the Red Devils as the club wanted to strengthen their squad after losing their first two Premier League games of the season. However, despite\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/3590250\/2022\/09\/14\/manchester-united-de-gea-transfers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">agreeing terms<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0with the Manchester side, Gakpo ultimately saw his move to Old Trafford fall through.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read More<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">:\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/10\/17\/casemiro-manchester-united-favourite-teammates\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Casemiro Reveals His Favourite Manchester United Teammates<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Speaking about what transpired in the summer window, he told The Times: &#8220;<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">I was close to leaving, I spoke to Erik ten Hag a few times at Manchester United. In the end the deal didn\u2019t go through, which was a shame, for me and my development, and because Manchester United is one of the biggest clubs in the world, but also for PSV, because to transfer a player to Manchester United is a good thing for the club.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">It ended about a week before the end of the transfer window and in that week I had to decide if I would go to Leeds or Southampton. In the end I stayed, but it was a stressful period.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gakpo seemingly had interest from Leeds United and\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamBlackmore\/status\/1565015853816598533\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Southampton<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0too but opted against leaving PSV &#8211; where he&#8217;s had an amazing start to the new season.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gakpo Ranks Among Europe\u2019s Most Prolific Players<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Since seeing his move to Old Trafford fall through, the 23-year-old winger has been a man on a mission to make the Red Devils regret not signing him. He has been one of the most prolific players in Europe&#8217;s top-5 leagues, having scored 13 goals and provided 11 assists in just 18 appearances (across all competitions) this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Cody Gakpo is the only player on Erling Haaland&#39;s level this season \ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EDxmlPV7rL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/EDxmlPV7rL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESPN UK (@ESPNUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNUK\/status\/1582695557016870913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He actually has more overall goal contributions (24) than Manchester City star Erling Haaland (23) &#8211; even though the Norwegian has scored more goals than him (20). Not just that, but Gakpo also has more goal contributions than the likes of Neymar (21) and Robert Lewandowski (17). Ten Hag&#8217;s side will probably be gutted not to have an efficient forward like him, as they have struggled in the goal-scoring department. They&#8217;ll hope <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-11154843\/PSV-star-Cody-Gakpo-confirms-Manchester-United-interested-him.html?fbclid=IwAR0pH98onIb54FlGWfvfBPp4ubWCiCQnhJpsH7F8kKnRLDliPo95Htv9oPQ\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gakpo still considers them as a serious option<\/a>, which could help them sign him next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PSV Eindhoven\u00a0forward Cody Gakpo has confirmed that\u00a0he was really close\u00a0to joining\u00a0Manchester United\u00a0in the summer transfer window. The 23-year-old even spoke to manager Erik ten Hag about a potential move but saw it fall through when the Red Devils instead signed\u00a0Antony\u00a0from Ajax. Cody Gakpo Opens up on Failed Manchester United Transfer Really enjoyed this interview with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4218,"featured_media":618706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,18,30],"tags":[9374,7337],"class_list":["post-618673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-manchester-united","category-news","tag-cody-gakpo","tag-manchester-united-news"],"modified_by":"Ricky Carroll, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4218"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=618673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/618673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=618673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=618673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=618673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}