A deal has been struck for Liverpool to sign PSV Eindhoven attacker Cody Gakpo.

Upon receipt of a work visa and international clearance, the 23-year-old international from the Netherlands will join Liverpool when the transfer market opens on January 1.

The 23-year-old, who scored three goals in five appearances at the World Cup in Qatar, will cost the Reds between £35 million and £45 million.

Gakpo, who had his physical on Merseyside on Wednesday afternoon, is said to have reached an agreement on a contract that would last until 2028, with his move pending the approval of a work visa.

“I feel really good, I'm really excited to be here. I'm looking forward to starting training and start playing for this amazing club," Gakpo told the official club website.

“I think this is a great club for me to come in and try to show what I can [do] and try to help the team to achieve more beautiful moments that they already did in the past years."

Liverpool coach, Jurgen Klopp told Liverpoolfc.com: "There is a lot to like about Cody. He is still only 23 years old but he already has a lot of experience.

“He was the captain of PSV, he was the Player of the Year in Holland last season and, as a lot of people have just seen, he also had a great World Cup with his national team.

“So, it is clear that he is already a really, really good player but his age also means he also has the potential to become even better.

“Offensively, he is very versatile and on top of this we know he is a smart footballer and also a smart person, so we are really excited to be able to work with him.”

Gbenga Elegbeleye, the chairman of the Nigeria Professional Football League's (NPFL) interim management committee, said that the league winners will get a N100 million cash award.

In contrast to the Rivers State Club, who have yet to receive the promised N50m, Elegbeleye vowed that the winner will get what was promised.

The squad from Port Harcourt won the championship in July after concluding the regular season with 77 points, breaking the previous league record of 73 points.

The best club in the nation, Rivers United, ended the season with 10 points more than Plateau United after winning 23 and drawing eight of their 38 games.

In a radio broadcast, Elegbeleye said as quoted by Punch, "We pledged to offer assistance to the clubs via our sponsors, and we will do that. Recall that we had a four-team preseason competition where the winning club received N100 million and each club received N10 million as participation money. Therefore, what we say, we also execute, and the winner of this season will once again get N100m, he stated.

The Rivers state team, which won the most recent NPFL tournament, has not yet received its cash present, he said, and this would not happen this time because they want to keep their half of the bargain.