Liverpool's firm stance against selling Cody Gakpo without securing at least two attacking reinforcements keeps the forward at Anfield the clear frontrunner in trader pricing. The Netherlands international, contracted until 2030 after extending last summer, opened the new Premier League campaign by starting and scoring in the draw at Newcastle. Tottenham hold prior personal-term agreements and remain active, yet face competition from Manchester City, who recently contacted Gakpo's representatives amid their own forward-line turnover involving Savinho and Omar Marmoush. Liverpool's pursuit of targets such as Bradley Barcola and Yankuba Minteh, combined with the direct-rivalry barrier to City, continues to anchor the market's leading outcome while limiting realistic movement before the September deadline.