Cody Gakpo on his position: “I was a left winger before, so that’s always been my preference. But in the last one and a half years, the coach (Klopp) needed me to play somewhere else, and that’s what I tried to do at my best.”

He added:
“This has been a very beautiful tournament with our group. The feeling’s really strong. We’re in the semi-final and this is not the end of the tournament. Every single team that is here wants to get to the final and we’re no different.
It’s not for nothing that England are in the semi-finals. They have a really good group of player and it’s a fantastic squad. So it will hopefully be a beautiful game. England won [their group] so that’s a good sign – like us!

“In the end, it’s the most important thing. You can play good football but still go out. Obviously I think everyone knows each country can play a little bit better but if you win, that’s all that matters.”

Slot has refused to be drawn on what position he is planning to play Gakpo in his new-look side. But he did hint that he wanted to see even better performances from the attacker at the Euros.

“I don’t have an opinion about what their best position would be at their countries because that depends on what other players they have. You cannot judge a player on their own,” the Liverpool boss said.

“It’s always a team effort. But I do have my opinion about where they’re going to play here. But if you don’t mind, I’m going to talk to them about that first and work with them first before telling you.

“I am hoping he will step up even more. We are hoping and expecting him to do even better. He has been impressive and had a good tournament so far. We’ve inherited a good team. With the way I look at football, I can see how important it is to work on a daily basis.”

I really adore this guy, we’ve got a great group of players, I just really hope Arne can incorporate them all and keep them happy and firing in all cylinders.

Obviously football doesn’t work like that but I don’t see why we can have Gakpo playing on the left at times.

I want to see a front three of Gakpo (L) Nunez (C) and Diaz(R), yes I know I’ve omitted Salah, it’s nothing against him, he’ll play, more so just taking an opportunity to try this front three or rotate it in as an option.

I think if we could get Diaz to really focus on the chance creation aspect of his play, which means cutting to his right foot for a shot becomes less important, plus he comes across two footed enough that his types of goals can happen as much on the right as they do on the left. I just think Gakpo on the left could do wonders for Nunez centrally, as Gakpo is well balanced at creating chances for others and taking his own (which could, could lead to rebounded tap ins for an onrushing Nunez or bombing Diaz.)

The hate Cody was getting (and the people trying to point out he was playing out of position) was insane on this sub.