Cody Gakpo is everything but your normal footballer. While others use their (short) holiday breaks to visit various tropical resorts, he is doing charity work in Africa. While other teammates are using their free time between training to listen to Eminem or Taylor Swift and play Sony Play Station, he prefers to read the Bible and listen to gospel music. While other players are comfortable with only one position, the 24-year forward has already covered all positions in Liverpool: a striker, a winger and even a midfielder, and was successful everywhere.Mooi gebaar van Cody Gakpo die eten uitdeelt in Togo ❤️ pic.twitter.com/jbcuUj5JZM— ESPN NL (@ESPNnl) June 23, 2023 Gakpo has strong ties to his Togolese heritage (his father is from Togo), and the family he has are still based in the West African nation, but when he was approached by Togo’s football association four years ago, the former PSV player was steadfast in his decision to turn out for the Dutch national team. Still, he wants to keep in touch with his father’s homeland.“It was my first time over there. It was amazing, a really nice experience to see lots of family. My family does some charity work there so I helped. It is important to help, to give back as much as I can“ said Gakpo to Daily Mail.Saints refuse Liverpool’s 43 million bid of LaviaThe Dutch international is also a very religious man, who wears his Bible everywhere with him and talks with other people about religion.“Not only in my career, religion helps my whole life. It’s a lifestyle for me. I take the Bible with me everywhere and every day, in the UK or wherever else. I speak to people about it every day, always trying to learn from it. My family is religious. For four years or something now I’ve been really trying to get to grips with it. I was always searching for something. It’s about learning how to live your life. There’s lots of different passages I like“ explained Gakpo.Green and white L’pool brush aside pale FoxesAfter arriving from PSV in January this year, Liverpool’s forward adopted very quickly and ended up playing in many matches (26 games, seven goals, three assists). Gakpo is determined, just like his teammates to put behind Liverpool’s poor season and go beyond the fifth place this year. He is also very cool about playing in different positions in attack.“It’s time to forget the last season. To go back to winning trophies again. That’s the plan, everybody is on board. Everybody wants to put it right. It’s difficult to pick my best position, it depends on the game or opponent. I just like to be in a position to get on the ball a lot. I like to carry from the midfield to the attack. I just want to get a lot of goals and assists!“ said Gakpo.##NAJAVA_MECA_7400473##
