Virgil Van Dijk arrived at Liverpool in December 2017 after they paid 75 million pounds to the Southampton. What a priori seemed like a player, whose price was too high, has ended up being one of the best center-backs in the world. Aside from being an incredible defender, he came to compete for a Ballon d’Or for Messi, he is also a true leader on the field. When he doesn’t play Van Dijk, Klopp and his Liverpool they notice it, but for the worse.
But little do they know that this beautiful story could have had a completely different tack. Private conversations have confirmed that the Dutch central was about to reach the Manchester United in the summer of 2017. Charlie Austin, a former partner of Van Dijk during his time in the Southampton.
“I remember the end of his time at Southampton,” he told talkSPORT, “We were together on the bench in an away game against him Chelsea. ‘Come on Virgil, what’s wrong with you? Are you going to Manchester United? It’s a huge club from England, ‘I told him. At that moment the Dutchman replied: “He said to me: ‘You know what, Chaz, they had to choose between Lindelof and me in summer and they chose the Swede‘. I was stunned. Nobody knew, he only told me on the bench. I could not believe it. The ‘Red Devils’ spent £ 80 million on Harry Maguire the following year to try to rectify the error. Of course Van Dijk has nothing to do with these two. “
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