Gakpo expected to miss Brentford clash as Klopp gives update on further Liverpool signings

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp doubts whether Cody Gakpo will be able to make his debut for the club against Brentford on Monday night.

Gakpo, 23, completed his move to Liverpool from PSV Eindhoven when the transfer window opened on January 1.

He has signed a five-and-a-half-year deal at Anfield, with Liverpool paying an initial £37m fee for the Netherlands international – a record sale for PSV.

Gakpo was at Anfield for Friday's 2-1 win over Leicester but was unable to take part in the match as he was technically still a PSV player at the time.

He could potentially feature in Liverpool's next Premier League game away at Brentford on Monday night – but only if he is registered by the Premier League in time.

Klopp: Gakpo unlikely to face Brentford

Klopp is doubtful whether Gakpo will be able to make his debut against the Bees, believing it is more likely to come against Wolves in the FA Cup on Saturday.

"Let me say it like this, if I would work for the decisive agencies or would sit in the decisive offices then I am early awake every morning so I could sign these papers at 6.30am in the morning," said Klopp.

"But I'm not too sure it will happen and it must be before 12pm, and on top of that he's not allowed to train with the team before these papers are signed.

"Technically he's still an Eindhoven player. Or I am not sure, but it's not allowed. So there is a chance on my planet, but I don’t know if it’s really there."

Klopp: We will not 'splash the cash'

Klopp also suggested that Liverpool's main transfer business is done for January following the signing of Gakpo.

Liverpool have been linked with several midfielders, including Jude Bellingham and Enzo Fernandez, but Klopp insists the club is not position to "splash the cash" this month.

"I am now seven years and a few months here and every transfer window is pretty much the same, we talk about these things as though money wouldn’t play a role. Like who cares? It is never like this that you could just spend money," Klopp added.

"I don't want to disappoint anybody but we signed an outstanding player like Cody Gakpo and the next thing you can read is, 'who next?' It is like we didn't have a team, honestly! We cannot play like monopoly. We never did and I don't understand it.

"Of course we cannot just spend and never could, surprisingly. We always sorted our situations and it is a big part of my philosophy, really working full of faith and trust with the players we have and not constantly questioning them by telling them we need another player for that position or that position.

"With Cody it is obvious not only because we have that void now, the quality he has, the timing is perfect and if we wait until the summer he will be more expensive or someone else would have picked him.

"There is a lot of potential, it makes absolute sense and the games we will have in the next years the games will not get less we will have more games and all these kinds of things.

"It is clear that you need real quality in all positions and probably two teams on the same level that you can rotate and that is what we try to prepare obviously. That is somebody is now surprised when I say we will not now start splashing the cash – that should be really clear.

"Again, if there is something we can do – and that means the right player and financial situation – we will do it, and if not, then not."