Van Dijk insists new signing Gakpo can handle the pressure at Liverpool

, who has joined from PSV Eindhoven for £38million, is set to make his debut against Wolves in the FA Cup at home on Saturday.

Van Dijk, who is set to miss the next month after a hamstring injury, insists he did not try to convince Gakpo about joining Liverpool and just gave his Netherlands teammate an honest opinion.

"It was just normal chats, it was not that I was trying to convince him but when the time was there I gave my honest opinion and that is something I can always do,"

Van Dijk said.

"It’s very positive because I have been at this club for five years now and I have won every trophy with this beautiful club and I know how much it means - each one. To play under this manager and with these guys, it is a joy and something he will enjoy as well.”

The 23-year-old Gakpo scored 13 goals and provided 14 assists this season for PSV and managed to score three times for the Netherlands at the World Cup.

believes Gakpo needs time but eventually, he will be a success at

.

"He is a great player first and foremost but he is also a great guy, personality-wise. He will be great for the group. He is calm, as well and I think he can be very good for us. I feel like he will and he probably needs a bit of time. We will obviously give him that and hopefully our friends give him that too.

"I think he will handle [pressure] fine but you have no idea what it is like until you are under this sort of pressure.

"He will have to keep his head down and look at what we are doing as a group and listen to the manager, listen to the players around you and don’t listen too much to the outside world because you can be one of the best in the world one day and one of the worst the next. So it is never something in the middle, so he has to stay calm and I think he will do. He is that type of person. I will help him with that, if necessary."

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