Think he was, let's say, a bad smell round the dressing room.
Virgil van Dijk | OFFICIAL: Liverpool agree £75m fee (£70m upfront) with Southampton
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fit right in at lar lar land then.
Didn't like the hissy fit he had when the transfer didn't happen the first time. If he comes out and thanks Southampton I would take it with a pinch of salt.
Bonkers fee!
So you're saying all of our spending hasn't been wise. Should we give them credit while criticizing everything about United transfers?
Southampton absolutely robbed them. 75 million for van Dijk is insane even in today's market.
If he'd signed for city we'd have been complaining about them buying all the best players and pep being a shit manager with no skills other than an unlimited budget.
Now that he's signing for liverpool we don't rate him?
Klopp, Conte and Guardiola seem to rate him
Say what you like but he's clearly a big improvement on what they've got.
They've spent less than £30m net under klopp before this and will raise over £100m for the coutinho sale(another player plenty on here say is just "decent") and another 40-50m from clearing out sturridge,ojo,henderson and a couple of others.
Keita in next summer and De Vrij on a free.
Klopp the clown will have totally overhauled their team for pennies. They could probably afford to splash £80m on lemar.
Hearing worrying rumours about goretzka now.
Now that he's signing for liverpool we don't rate him?
Klopp, Conte and Guardiola seem to rate him
Say what you like but he's clearly a big improvement on what they've got.
They've spent less than £30m net under klopp before this and will raise over £100m for the coutinho sale(another player plenty on here say is just "decent") and another 40-50m from clearing out sturridge,ojo,henderson and a couple of others.
Keita in next summer and De Vrij on a free.
Klopp the clown will have totally overhauled their team for pennies. They could probably afford to splash £80m on lemar.
Hearing worrying rumours about goretzka now.
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Almost the same fee as Pogba, hmmm.
Let’s hope he gets an appropriate send-off (welcome) on Saturday.
Let’s hope he gets an appropriate send-off (welcome) on Saturday.
This is crazy, absolutely insane.
Coutinho has to be gone, this is 140m on 2 players in the upcoming 5 months.
Coutinho has to be gone, this is 140m on 2 players in the upcoming 5 months.
He won't play. Hasn't for their last three league games.
so, understand why Mou said that 300 ml are not enough?
Don't care about the fee. This obsession with high transfer fees is getting boring IMO. If they can afford it and if it improves them, it's money well spent.
Hopefully we can make some moves in January as well. This whole "January market is tough" lark combined with only considering players who can contribute in Europe doesn't quite cut it for me.
Hopefully we can make some moves in January as well. This whole "January market is tough" lark combined with only considering players who can contribute in Europe doesn't quite cut it for me.
Mourinho was right about the Pogba fee though. 
I say this all the time but scouting by the top clubs is on the whole terrible.
He moved two years ago for £13 million and was hardly a big secret. Plenty rated him then.
He moved two years ago for £13 million and was hardly a big secret. Plenty rated him then.
Completely agree.
I don’t know why some of us are so hyped about this, our defensive frailties are a by product of our style of play.
I don’t believe Skrtel, Sakho, Lovren are all bad defenders. Our style of play means our defence is under more pressure than usual. Buying VVD won’t help, VVD is just a bandage over the wound. A £70million pound bandage.
Still I guess it should help a little. A Matip-VVD combo sounds good
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Barring Lambert and Lovren that's some seriously good talent we bought in. Not Suarez or Coutinho level but good nonetheless. Hopefully VvD is one of those too.
Woah £75 million, very good defender but crazy inflated.
Hey ho, awaiting our January window signings.
Hey ho, awaiting our January window signings.
Overrated player. Obscene fee.
What? You must be joking. That's enough to field a team full of prime van Persie's!
Mourinho has no excuses if he doesn't win the hextuple this season. NONE.
Not even the best centre half in the PL.
Ridiculous fee. Desperate times at Liverpool it seems!
Ridiculous fee. Desperate times at Liverpool it seems!
Still funny to think that they could have saved themselves 15m if only they'd behaved themselves last summer.
This sort of fee is just going to push the market even higher.
All the clubs are gonna say “Liverpool jus the signed a CB for 75m, our winger/midfielders must be worth More!”
All the clubs are gonna say “Liverpool jus the signed a CB for 75m, our winger/midfielders must be worth More!”
Coutinho off then?
The fee is crazy but we got Matip on a free so £75m for our two starting CB's is good business in today's market. I'm pretty sure we'll be in for De Vrij on a free in the summer as well so suddenly we'll have a decent set of centre halves.
Concerned about whether the fee will affect him and I'm not expecting him to fix all our problems immediately as it will take him time to get back up to match fitness as well as learning Klopps requirements. I guess what I'm saying is that next year is our year
Concerned about whether the fee will affect him and I'm not expecting him to fix all our problems immediately as it will take him time to get back up to match fitness as well as learning Klopps requirements. I guess what I'm saying is that next year is our year
75m for a defender! My God football is ruined. Are you watching Glazers? Jose just said it yesterday!
I don't see why people are going crazy. Let's wait and see how much they charge for Coutinho first.
That’s actually preferable then. I’d imagine he’d be busting a gut even more than the usual everyone tries against us.
The fee is crazy but we got Matip on a free so £75m for our two starting CB's is good business in today's market. I'm pretty sure we'll be in for De Vrij on a free in the summer as well so suddenly we'll have a decent set of centre halves.
Concerned about whether the fee will affect him and I'm not expecting him to fix all our problems immediately as it will take him time to get back up to match fitness as well as learning Klopps requirements. I guess what I'm saying is that next year is our year
Next year is only 5 days away.
If Jose mentions it it will be his excuse.
Football's gone mad. What makes that price even worse is that they could've got him for 60 million in the summer. Now he has to perform at abnormal level to justify that price, because defenders don't win you stuff in the way attackers do. Pogba deal is slowly starting to become a bargain.
Their issues arent necessarily defenders but how they are setup. That's on Klopp.
As usual, the caf is overreacting. Reminds me of the whole Bernardo Silva debacle. Some people are obsessed with 'winning transfer windows'
As usual, the caf is overreacting. Reminds me of the whole Bernardo Silva debacle. Some people are obsessed with 'winning transfer windows'
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I've never seen a transfer fee justified by aggregating it with players that have nothing to do with the transfer.
The mental gymnastics to even think of that is mightily impressive.
I've never seen a transfer fee justified by aggregating it with players that have nothing to do with the transfer.
The mental gymnastics to even think of that is mightily impressive.
Agree. But at least he is being honest about it. He said before Pogba fee will easy be bypassed and yesterday he mentioned that 300m is not enough and his message was clear. And today we are seeing this a defender worth 75m oh wow.
I swear half the posters on here actually prefer a big signing to a trophy.
Can he play in the CL?
Van Dijk is worth the 70m. Could play for Barca.
Interesting post. I'm quite a bit younger than you, but have the same feelings. In a matter of not many years, £100,000,000 will be the going rate for a decent player (we're virtually there really) with the elite attracting a fanciful figure well beyond that. It's really grotesque, and socially irresponsible, for what is just one sport amongst many.
I do wonder what will break the market, assuming anything does. Perhaps just so many obscene transfers that it becomes embarrassing and collapses under its own avarice. I used to go and watch a local team years back, when I happened to live round the corner from them. About £3 entry on match-day, and a main stand that held maybe 300. I didn't even pay attention to what division they're in, so have just checked - Bostik League, South Division. Stark contrast with the big boys of course, but I couldn't have enjoyed going more.
Getting business done quickly, he's a very good CB and they need that, the price is silly but that's the market nowadays and he could be a difference maker in them getting a CL spot.
For sure. The injuries to Lallana and Clyne ended up being a good thing in a weird way as Coutinho has excelled in that role while the kids have done alright at RB too.
I get the feeling though your defensive problems are more to do with the way Klopp works tactically (just like I have reservations about Mourinho from an attacking coaching point of view). Whether VvD fixes those problems or ends up being a sticking plaster like @DreamIsh said, we'll see.
Also, you really need to replace Mignolet.
Yes.
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