For What Reason Cody Gakpo Dropped Today in Inter vs Liverpool?

Chaos is rarely a word we use to describe Liverpool of the last decade or so. The Reds were an assured club with harmony everywhere and success flowing. However, after winning their 20th League title recently, the club have fully descended into chaos.

With players fighting publicly and an injury crisis, they are looking out of sorts. Cody Gakpo is at the centre of the storm as he is left out of the squad against Inter Milan. Find out is Coday Gakpo playing today and more here.

Is Cody Gakpo Playing Today?

Cody Gakpo has been one of Slot's favourite players ever since the Dutch manager arrived on Merseyside. Gakpo and Luis Diaz were the starting left-wingers for Liverpool last season. However, after Diaz was sold, Gakpo became the lone senior forward for that role. Gakpo pretty much started every game for Liverpool and almost played full games. There were comments of favouritism towards Arne Slot on Cody Gakpo, but his goal output silenced the critics.

However, in the aftermath of Mohamed Salah's nuclear rant on Arne Slot and the Liverpool managerial board, all the focus was shifted onto Gakpo, whose performances have been underwhelming of late as well. In the midst of all this chaos, Liverpool flew out to Italy to meet Inter Milan. Cody Gakpo was dropped from the squad along with Mohamed Salah, who was punished for his comments on Saturday. So Cody Gakpo will not be playing in the Inter vs Liverpool game.

Cody Gakpo Injury

As Cody Gakpo was dropped from the squad, there were multiple questions as to why. Arne Slot on Cody Gakpo absence explained that the winger was injured in the game against Leeds United. Although he did not go into details, he explained that Gakpo will be unavailable for a few weeks. We might only see the winger again in 2026.

With Gakpo injured and Salah dropped, and Federico Chiesa suffering from illness, the Reds travelled with a super-thin 19-man squad.