Sentences with phrase «dijk early»

Liverpool signed Virgil van Dijk early in the January window, before selling Philippe Coutinho to Barcelona.

Southampton manager Mauricio Pellegrino has also opened the door to a move, having responded to questions over Van Dijk earlier this season by saying: «I don't know.

Klopp waged war trying to bag Virgil Van Dijk earlier in the season and no one would suggest the Liverpool defence is other than fragile.

Not exact matches

Van Dijk is a transfer target for Chelsea and Liverpool, according to Metro, and he had looked on course to move to Anfield earlier this summer, before the Reds were forced to drop their pursuit after being reported to the authorities for tapping - up.

I would have given Sanchez an early offer to extend with a rigid deadline and if he didn't sign he would have been sold immediately to the highest bidder outside of England... I would have sold Gabriel, DeBouchy, Walcott, Welbeck, Ramsey or Ox, Wiltshire, Gibbs, Jenkinson and Ospina... I would have kept Szczy and gone after Douglas Costa, Hakan Calhanoglu, Van Dijk, Aubameyang, Aurier and Carvalho... all would have been possible, as most either moved to other teams or were actively being scouted by other teams... this team provides formation flexibility, some much needed size on the back - end and bags of scoring potential going forward: not to mention it would be a relatively youthful squad with ample first - touch capabilities to maintain the «beautiful» game and would have vastly increased our potential to score both on the counter and from set pieces

With John Terry set to move on this summer, coupled with Branislav Ivanovic's exit earlier this year as well as general question marks over the depth and age of the backline, signing Van Dijk makes sense on various fronts.

Virgil Van Dijk is wanted by a host of top clubs, including Manchester City and Chelsea, but we are supposedly moving early in an attempt to snipe our target.

Earlier this week, Liverpool were forced to issue an apology to Southampton over their pursuit of Dutch defender Virgil van Dijk.

Juventus boss Massimiliano Allegri is considering tabling a bid for Liverpool target Virgil Van Dijk in the quest to fill the void left by centre - back Leonardo Bonucci after he left for AC Milan earlier this summer.

Despite being hauled off by Jurgen Klopp in the 4 - 1 defeat against Tottenham earlier this season, Lovren now looks a hugely improved player with more confidence alongside new defensive partner Virgil van Dijk.

Ryan O'Hanlon, Chris Ryan, and Donnie Kwak connect to make some Massive Overreactions, including Virgil van Dijk as the next Beckenbauer (1:43), José Mourinho having his third season a year early (10:22), and the need for Arsenal to sell Alexis Sanchez ASAP (22:02).

The arrival of Virgil van Dijk in early January from Southampton in a world - record # 75 million deal for a defender also brought new blood to the center back positions.

Southampton's stance over Virgil van Dijk has not changed, despite the player handing in an official transfer request earlier this week.

Still a bit too early to trot out Virgil van Dijk, unfortunately, so we might see Ragnar Klavan's return to the middle of the back four.

The Southampton defence has been shaky all season and things only got worse earlier this month when Virgil van Dijk was sold to Liverpool.

Van Dijk saw a potential move to Liverpool fall through earlier in the close - season after the Reds were forced to apologise for their pursuit of the centre - back after Saints complained to the Premier League.

Having been linked for a long time to Van Dijk, who handed in his transfer request earlier this month, it seems that the south coast club are willing to let their star defender rot in the stands rather than sell him to Liverpool.

Virgil van Dijk had given Saints an early lead with a header, but the visitors rallied and goals from Dele Alli and Harry Kane settled the contest.

Liverpool have the world's most expensive defender in their squad after completing a whopping # 75m deal to sign Virgil van Dijk from Southampton earlier this month.

Projecting for a 54 game season Liverpool has a Virgil van Dijk sized hole in their defense, though he himself has ended the season early, making 30 appearances for Southampton across all competitions.

The free kick was swung in by James Ward - Prowse and perfectly met with the head of Virgil Van Dijk who guided it in to give the home side an early lead.

Southampton captain Van Dijk, valued at # 60m by Mauricio Pellegrino's side, submitted a transfer request earlier this summer and told of his frustration over multiple offers for his services being «rebuffed» by the Saints.

Liverpool has spent around a reported # 150 million on new players since the summer transfer window, including the reported # 75 million signing of Virgil van Dijk from Southampton earlier this month.