Luis Diaz the popular choice but is Cody Gakpo now Liverpool’s next-best attacking option?
Luis Diaz the popular choice but is Cody Gakpo now Liverpool’s next-best attacking option?
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LIVERPOOL have provided plenty of Dream Team points so far this season but managers have been made to work for them at times. Mohamed Salah (£8.1m) is the outright top performer by a wide margin having passed the 300-point mark with his 21st goal of the campaign on Sunday.
![[Salah is a banker but he appears in the majority of teams]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/mi-news-sport-alamy-live-961955596_903a3c.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
While Trent Alexander-Arnold (£6m) and Virgil van Dijk (£5.2m) are leading the way among defenders with 168 and 150 points respectively. But given the Reds are top of both the Premier League and Champions League tables, one would expect more easily identifiable Dream Team success stories among Arne Slot's squad.
![[In, out, in, out...]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/luis-diaz-liverpool-celebrates-scoring-960428689.jpg?strip=all&quality=100&w=960)
Luis Diaz (£4.3m) boasts a healthy tally of 162 points but even he's blown hot and cold. In fact, gaffers have been incredibly indecisive when it comes to the Colombia international. The 27 year-old winger has been among the five most transferred-out players five times since Gameweek 8 but he's also been among the five most recruited players the same number of times.
![[Gakpo has been in good form recently]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/2024-liverpools-cody-gakpo-celebrates-953667764.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Dream Team bosses playing hokey-cokey with Diaz has been a consistent theme this season. Elsewhere in midfield, Alexis Mac Allister (£4.1m), Ryan Gravenberch (£3.8m), Curtis Jones (£3.6m) and Dominik Szoboszlai (£3.8m) have had their moments but all average between 4.3 and 4.9 points-per-game, which is respectable but nothing more.
Diogo Jota (£4.4m) started the season in fine form but an injury derailed his progress; a familiar story for the unfortunate Portuguese forward in recent years. But perhaps Cody Gakpo (£4.8m) has what it takes to be a long-term option for gaffers who want another Liverpool threat to accompany Salah?.
