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Is Cody Gakpo listed in a Liverpool matchday squad in any competitive fixture on or before 30 Sep 2026?

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Liverpool's official team sheet for the Premier League match against Fulham on 12 September 2026 lists Cody Gakpo among the substitutes.

Resolved 12 Sep 2026
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Resolves on the official team sheet at premierleague.com, uefa.com or liverpoolfc.com. YES if Gakpo is listed as a starter or substitute in any competitive Liverpool fixture on or before 30 September 2026. If that source has not published in time, Sky Sports and BBC Sport settle it.

The pattern behind it

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Four of the last eight approaches ended in a sale inside the window, and four of nine since 2013. The split is not on money. Arsenal were ready to take £60m for Sánchez and Villa were minded to keep Watkins at any price; what decided both was whether a replacement could be found before the deadline. Grealish went because a clause fixed his price, Isak because Liverpool's pursuit ran all summer and Newcastle had time to prepare. Gakpo's case arrived on a Saturday night with the window closing on Tuesday, and Sky reported Liverpool weighing exactly that lateness.

We looked for times since 2013 when a Premier League club asked another Premier League club for a first-choice attacker who was under contract and not for sale. We checked whether the selling club sold him to the bidder before that window closed. Players in the last year of a contract, players already for sale and moves abroad are left out. We found nine, and the eight most recent are below.