According to reports, Virgil van Dijk impacted Liverpool s decision to pull the plug on their pursuit to sign Manchester United star Matthijs de Ligt.
Ahead of this summer s transfer window, were expected to be in the market for a new centre-back. They were linked with Everton s Jarrad Branthwaite, Sporting Lisbon s Goncalo Inacio and Bayer Leverkusen s Piero Hincapie, but they did not land a new defender.
Instead, s side signed Italy international Federico Chiesa in a cut-price deal from Juventus, while they agreed to buy Giorgi Mamardashvili from Valencia. The goalkeeper will join the Premier League giants next year.
Liverpool was mooted as a possible alternative destination for De Ligt, but he ended up leaving Bayern Munich for Manchester United in a deal worth an initial £38.5m.
De Ligt struggled during the international break and
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The Man Utd newbie was heavily criticised during the international break and He said: “This is football. You have to learn from this. It was one moment but at the highest level you will get punished for it.”
Despite this, Liverpool pulled the plug on signing De Ligt after he had a bust-up with Van Dijk. The report explains.
Liverpool pulled the plug on their Matthijs De Ligt pursuit in the summer because he has a strained relationship with Virgil van Dijk, sources have told Football Insider.
Arne Slot’s side held preliminary conversations over a deal for the 25-year-old before he joined Man United but didn’t progress their pursuit after discovering the hostility between the pair.
Sources have told Football Insider that the animosity stems from this summer’s Euros, with Van Dijk influencing the decision to bench De Ligt, preferring Stefan De Vrij as his defensive partner instead.
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De Ligt has joined Casemiro at Man Utd, but the Brazil international has been heavily linked with a move elsewhere in recent days amid his miserable start to the new campaign.
Another report from Football Insider claims he recently rejected a loan move to Galatasaray .
