Virgil van Dijk has revealed what he thinks about all the ongoing Liverpool transfer speculation with Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia dominating
recent headlines.
Virgil van Dijk has admitted he’s aware of all the ongoing Liverpool transfer speculation, and trusts the club to improve their squad further before the
transfer window closes in September.
The Reds have lost a number of senior players so far this summer, including Jordan Henderson and Fabinho following unexpected exits to Saudi
Arabia, with Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai the only incomings so far. As a result, Jurgen Klopp’s squad remain without a holding
midfielder on the eve of the new season.
It has not been for lack of trying to fill such a void though, with Liverpool having three offers for Romeo Lavia rejected by Southampton before
making a club-record £110m bid for Brighton’s Moises Caicedo. While the Seagulls accepted that initial package, reports now suggest Chelsea
are closing in on the Ecuador international with a £115m move.
Inevitably, there has been plenty of transfer speculation around the Reds this summer as they look to complete a long-awaited midfield revamp.
While Caicedo and Lavia have dominated recent headlines, Liverpool have also been linked with a plethora of other players.
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Speaking ahead of the Reds’ Premier League opener away at Chelsea, Van Dijk was coy on such speculation while admitting he was aware of it, as he
reiterated his faith in the club to strengthen Klopp’s squad this summer.
“The thing is, whether we need to sign a player for a particular position, yes or no, any top club at the moment would love to improve their squad,”
the Dutchman told a select group of reporters, including the ECHO, ahead of Sunday’s game.
“Why wouldn’t we as players want to improve our squad either? We all want quality signings and that’s what we’ve done so far. So we trust the club. I
definitely trust the club. They did quite good business over the last years, so why not now as well?
“If you follow social media or anything you get dizzy with the names. So I think everyone is saying names just to be the first one to say names
nowadays. It’s speculation and they try to guess names to put fuel on the fire and stuff and that’s how the internet works.
“And you know, so what I said already before, we trust the club, we play for the club, and we trust the club to do the right thing for the club, and we’ll
see what happens in the next couple of weeks still.
“If you watch social media, if you watch all the other stuff and you see us linked with almost every midfielder in the world or any other player and
everyone is a sporting director nowadays on social media then you know you get dizzy, so just wait and see.
“We have professionals working on it. And like I said, I trust the club. And that’s the most important thing.”
While Van Dijk did not comment directly on Liverpool’s pursuits of Caicedo and Lavia, he did share his excitement at the Reds’ completed business
so far having brought in Mac Allister and Szoboszlai.
And while he concedes it will take time for Klopp’s new-look side to gel fully, he’s already seen enough from the pair to be excited for the future.
“Obviously, I’m very excited for what I’m seeing, the players coming in,” he said. “They are high quality, good guys and they can definitely help the
club go forward.
“It will definitely take some time, that’s just normal, and hopefully it will happen as soon as possible. But with the games, they will experience the
difficult moments in games, the good moments in games, you know.
“They will get better and we all understand each other and every day much better than we do before, so yeah, it’s looking exciting in my opinion.”
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