![](../logos/echo.gif) | Liverpool's Cody Gakpo mocked for dad's 'dream' which took decades to come true |
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Cody Gakpo has been in good form this season(Image: Mark Leech/Offside/Offside via Getty Images) Cody Gakpo was inspired by his dad’s dream house even though it took decades to finish.
His dad was born in Togo and has Ghanaian ancestry, while his mum is Dutch.
A former Togo footballer.
He started gradually building his dream house in Lome, the capital of Togo.
Brick by brick.” Shortly after signing for Liverpool, Gakpo had the opportunity to visit Togo for the first time with his brothers and saw the house when it was nearing completion.
The footballer realised something on the trip.
He said: “We drove through the streets of Lome, and I was taking it all in, this whole new world.
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