Cody Gakpo

Gakpo brings a physical presence to Liverpool's front line that is unusual for a player equally capable of playing wide, winning headers at the back post that a smaller winger would never contest. His finishing favours a placed shot inside the post over blasting through the goalkeeper, a habit built on genuine composure rather than luck. That combination of aerial threat and calm technique makes him useful in almost any of the front three positions.

Gakpo has played through the middle, on the left and cutting in from the right for Liverpool, which is either real versatility or evidence he still lacks one settled position. Managers tend to view that flexibility as a strength precisely because it lets them reshape the attack without buying a new player for every role. Watch which position he starts in from game to game, because that rotation usually says more about the opponent.