Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk believes that Cody Gakpo will continue to show his quality for the team.

Gakpo had his best game in a Liverpool shirt on Sunday against Manchester United.

And Van Dijk believes that with a veteran such as Bobby Firmino in the squad to pass on advice, Gakpo will only get better.

He told the Liverpool Echo: “I think that position of a false 9 is Bobby Firmino's. He is the one that showed over the years how difficult it is for any other player to perform it but also for others to defend that.

“As a player, you can't deny how important he is for the success that we had; for Mo [Salah], for Sadio [Mane] in the past but also for the players that still are here, for example, in Cody [Gakpo] to learn from him each and every day. But as a human being as well, he's a great guy and I wish him obviously all the best after the summer. But for now we still have targets to reach and he knows that and he wants to make sure that we fulfil that as well.

“He's been so influential for this football club and he should definitely be remembered as one of the legends."