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 wo…