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Cody Gakpo of Liverpool FC is substituted by Liverpool FC coach Arne Slot during the UEFA Champions League match between PSV Eindhoven and Liverpool FC at Phillips Stadium on Jan.

29, 2025 in Eindhoven, Netherlands.(Image: ANP via Getty Images)

Former Feyenoord manager Rob Jacobs has urged Liverpool to sign Igor Paixao, insisting he would be an upgrade on Cody Gakpo.

Arne Slot signed the Brazilian for the Dutch outfit in August 2022, and he has emerged as one of their most important players.

The 24-year-old has returned 11 goals and 15 assists from 38 appearances for Feyenoord this season, taking his overall total for the club to 32 goals and 25 assists from 120 outings.

He has been loosely linked with a move to Liverpool in the past in a switch that would see him reunite with Slot at Anfield.

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And Jacobs, who is both a former Feyenoord player and spent the 1988/89 season in charge of the club, insists Paixao would make the Reds stronger.

And he even went as far as to suggest the Brazilian left-winger is a better player than Gakpo, who has scored a career-best 16 goals for Liverpool so far this season.

“Then I’ll go for Paixao.

I really think he makes Liverpool stronger,” he told 1908.nl.

“Arne Slot should also enjoy his development.

“Gakpo is of course also a fantastic player and is doing well at Liverpool, but I think Paixao is better.

“It wouldn’t surprise me if Liverpool would report to Feyenoord.