Virgil van Dijk contributed to the transformation of history of Liverpool, who since his arrival in January 2018 have won the Champions League, Premier, European Super Cup, Club World Cup, FA Cup and Carabao Cup. But the (record) signing of the Anfield club’s Low Nations captain had a controversial and controversial beginningwhere five years have passed.
Van Dijk (Breda, 7-8-1991) was a member of Southampton (where he landed in 2015) when the spring of 2017 Jürgen Klopp (who has managed Liverpool since 2015) and the ‘red’ club were interested in him. Also Man City and Chelsea They followed in the footsteps of the Dutch defender.
The Southampton sued Liverpool against the Premier League for negotiating behind him with Van Dijk, who has five more years left on his contract with the ‘Saints’ club.
The story took a big turn when on June 7, 2017, Liverpool confirmed they had given up signing Van Dijk for talking to the player before they spoke to Southampton.
In his statement, Liverpool apologized to Van Dijk, the board and the Southampton fans. The ‘red’ club want to make it clear that they respect Southampton’s position and they will not sign the defender, who has requested a ‘transfer request’ to go to Liverpool.
Van Dijk split from the team and played with the U-23s. He then returned to the first team, without hiding that he did not regret that he tried to “take a step forward in my career” and that, even though he still wanted to leave, “I will give everything for the club”.
And finally Van Dijk, written in his destiny, he dressed ‘red’. It was on December 27, 2017 when the current Netherlands captain finally appeared on social networks with a Liverpool shirt, which confirmed the signing.
the anfield club paid 85 million euros to Southampton, which made Van Dijk the best defender ever. This is currently the third after Harry Maguire (87 paid by Manchester United to Leicester) and Matthijs de Ligt (85.5 subscribers from Juventus to Ajax).
The rest is history. With Van Dijk and with Alisson Becker, who signed in the summer of 2018, Liverpool added defensive muscle to a stellar attacking team. The Dutch defender’s personality and football were and are important to Klopp’s Liverpool, where shortly after his arrival he became third captain, after Jordan Henderson and James Milner.
Source: La Verdad
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