The transfer drama involving a tall Dutch defender, Virgil van Dijk, finally came to the end. After a summer in August and trying to tether love to Anfield, van Dijk finally officially anchored to Liverpool from Southampton.
Van Dijk reportedly through Telegraph redeemed with a dowry of 75 million pounds, while making it the world's most expensive defender. This previous record, extraordinarily and slightly strangely, is held by Kyle Walker, who redeemed Manchester City from Tottenham Hotspur for 54 million pounds. Transfer value van Dijk also equaled record transfer record Romelu Lukaku who redeemed Manchester United from Everton last summer.
Saga transfer van Dijk is complicated because of the illegal approach that made Liverpool in August, making Soton stronghold inflamed. Soton party accused Liverpool 'play behind' with a personal approach without the owner club's blessing. Due to the anger of The Saints management, Liverpool withdrew slowly and delayed recruiting a central defender to complete the squad.
Van Dijk also experienced half the dilemma season. His heart had already set a step towards Anfield, but Soton's management did not want to unload the Dijk van with the cheap price tag and in a rude manner that Liverpool carried out throughout August. His position as captain of the team was removed, and although still trusted to play back by Mauricio Pellegrino, van Dijk never really played wholeheartedly. That's what makes the Soton trend worsened and only won one victory from their last eleven games to the festive periods yesterday when beaten Spurs with a landslide score 5-1.
Now, the wait is over. The end of the sweet televonela drama, the former Celtic FC defender finally anchored in the port city he had been dreading since summer, Merseyside on the red side. Estimated van dijk in contract until the year 2022 and number 4 backs have been allocated to the Dutch national team defender. Is the presence of van dijk figure can be a solution for liverpool land?