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Virgil Van Dijk: Liverpool yet to make formal bid for Southampton star - journalist
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That’s according to journalist Kevin Palmer, with Anfield chiefs facing a race against time to deliver the Southampton centre-back to Jurgen Klopp.
Van Dijk emerged as the man Liverpool wanted to bolster their backline towards the end of the 2016/17 Premier League campaign.
And a move to Merseyside appeared to be a formality until they were accused of tapping the Holland international up in June.
That situation forced Liverpool to take a backseat - although Van Dijk remains top of Klopp’s shopping list ahead of tonight’s transfer deadline.
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SAINTS legend Franny Benali is backing the club to hold on to Virgil van Dijk for at least another season – and reap the benefits.
Benali expects Van Dijk to still be a Saints player when the transfer window slams shut tonight, and believes he could fetch £80m plus after another fine season at St Mary’s.
He said: “I think the club are looking to bring one more player in but I’ll be surprised if there are any outgoings.
“Maybe one but not the big one. My gut feeling is that Virgil will still be a Saints player when the window shuts.
“I think it’ll take something extraordinary to change that. We’ll have to wait and see but I’ve been very pleased to see the club take the stance they have done with Virgil being just a year into a six-year deal.
“I’ve met him on a couple of occasions and he seems a real decent guy. There have obviously been some other influences that have been turning his head but why not try and pursue his ambition at Southampton?”
Benali believes Saints will reap the benefits of holding on to Van Dijk.
“We’ve seen it in the past with players like Morgan Schneiderlin,” he continued. “There was a lot of talk about him going to Spurs at one point.
“That didn’t happen and he knuckled down, had a season here, played really well and still got his [£25m] move to Manchester United.
“If Virgil wants to go that route there is still that option, but only after at least another season at Southampton.”
Benali reckons Van Dijk could grace a far bigger stage than those Saints’ Premier League rivals can offer.
“There’s a lot of talk about the money he could go for and seeing the sort of fees some players are fetching it could take a huge, maybe record bid to prise him away after another good season at Southampton,” he continued.
“Saints could be looking at £80m-plus. It will be a decision for the club to take but I’m pleased with the stance they have taken and would like to see him remain a Saints player as long as possible.
“He’s an absolute top class, and I would go as far as to say world-class, player.
"There’s been a lot of talk about him going to some big clubs in this country but in my opinion he could easily go to a Barcelona, Real Madrid or PSG, anywhere in the world, he’s that good.
“He always seems to be playing within himself. He can score goals at the other end and is always comfortable in possession of the ball. Everything you’d be looking for in a player.”
Assuming he stays, Benali believes Van Dijk will soon be playing at his best for Saints.
“It wouldn’t help him or the club if he didn’t refocus,” he continued.
“He would have no choice, any player wants to play so I’m sure he’d be keen to force his way back in.”
As for the window itself, Benali will be glad to see it shut.
“Any supporter or manager of most clubs will be pleased to see the window close,” he continued.
“I don’t think it’s ideal or very helpful when we’re into the season and it’s still open.
"I think it should be shut at the end of July it would be better for people to know what they’re working with before the season starts.
“Rumours of players going are not helpful to anyone.”
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It is the transfer saga which has dominated Saints’ summer.
A saga which has cast a shadow over the club’s appointment of a new manager and even eclipsed the start of a new Premier League season.
Why, it even eclipsed 80 per cent of Southampton Football Club being sold to Chinese businessman Jisheng Gao.
It’s an ongoing situation which has been played out on the back pages of this very newspaper for several months, and on quite a few inside pages as well.
Tonight, however, we will know how the great Virgil van Dijk transfer saga has resolved itself.
Here, the Daily Echo looks at the possible endings …
Saints have been very consistent on this matter all summer.
They have always said the player is not for sale, and that they have no intention of wanting to sell.
For many fans, the club’s stance has been admirable - given the criticisms of previous years that Saints’ hierarchy have been all too quick to give in to players wanting to leave.
The impression created, rightly or wrongly, is Saints have been easy prey for the Premier League vultures - certainly the one from the red half of Merseyside.
This summer, there has been a definite change in attitude.
Having said that, as of yesterday Saints had not received one single bid for van Dijk’s services.
Nobody has tested the club by submitting a formal bid, and you can’t reject something that you haven’t been offered.
In many ways, it would be good to see the transfer window slam shut tonight with van Dijk still at St Mary’s.
It would send a clear signal to wantaway players that they can’t always get what they want.
It would send an ever bigger signal to clubs that Southampton Football Club have, for once, successfully played hardball.
And it would ensure that Mauricio Pellegrino has undoubtedly Saints’ best player available to him for the first time.
A Saints team with van Dijk in it is obviously stronger than a Saints team without him.
But consider this question - has too much water flowed under the Itchen Bridge for the saga to have a harmonious ending if the player woke up tomorrow morning still a Saint?
Ok, many players at many clubs have submitted transfer requests before and had them turned down. That is nothing new.
But surely van Dijk, if he hasn’t burned all his bridges at St Mary’s, has certainly damaged a lot of them.
In his statement earlier this month, he spoke of having conversations over the last six months about wanting to leave.
If that is true, then he started to want out just six months after signing a new six-year contract.
A six-year contract that made him Saints’ highest ever paid player at around £80,000 a week.
We all know this is the state of the money-mad Premier League, a rebranding exercise formed purely out of greed and in the eyes of some pundits now ruined by avarice as well … where contracts are not worth the paper they are printed on.
But even by Premier League standards, to want out of a club just months after penning a six-year deal is hard to stomach.
With all that background now in the public domain, could van Dijk seriously restart a Saints career that was rudely halted by injury last January?
Forget his fellow players, they will be happy to welcome him back. It’s more the reaction he would get from the stands …
And, lest we forget, every player has his price.
Barcelona sold Neymar because the player wanted to go and they thought the fee was large enough.
Ralph Krueger, if you asked him yesterday, could not say 100 per cent that van Dijk will not be sold today. Les Reed couldn’t either.
If someone offered Saints £70m, possibly £80m, for a centre half … well, if they did that then the club would be stupid not to listen.
This would be interesting, to say the least.
The club most often linked with van Dijk had to embarrassingly apologise publicly to Saints back in June for the unsettling stories that had appeared in the national media.
It was an incredible situation, for one Premier League club to have to make such a statement to another one.
In it, Liverpool said they were dropping their interest.
If van Dijk ends up at Anfield, either the Reds were lying or Saints have contacted them with a ‘come on, make us an offer’ line of enquiry.
Given all the history between the two clubs recently - plus the five players Saints have sold to Liverpool in the last three summer windows - how likely is that?
Anyway, Saints will only sell if someone makes them a crazy offer.
Seventy million pounds would have to be a starting point, unless a smaller offer comes with some players as well.
That is a crazy sum, bearing in mind the world transfer record for a defender is just over £50m at the moment.
Liverpool are believed to be chasing Thomas Lemar from Monaco, another player rated in the £60m-£70m category.
Could they really spend £140m on two players on one day?
Guess we will soon find out.
From the Saints fans’ perspective, many would accept van Dijk leaving for big money - to Anyone But Liverpool.
If Saints do sell to the Reds, the fall-out should be interestingg …
In some ways, the perfect ending.
The player gets his wish to leave Saints.
Saints accept a world transfer record fee for a defender who has no real desite to stay at the club.
And the St Mary’s fanbase can laugh at Liverpool failing, for once, to get one of their players.
But will Antonio Conte spend £70m on a centre half? That’s more than he paid Real Madrid for top scorer Diego Costa’s replacement, Alvaro Morata. And top of the range strikers always cost more than top of the range centre halves.
VAN DIJK GOES … SOMEWHERE ELSE
By that, I mean Arsenal or Manchester City.
Arsenal’s showing at Anfield last weekend illustrated their need for a world class central defender. But Arsene Wenger has only ever spent more than £50m on a striker, and that was this summer on Alexandre Lacazette, so we can almost certainly safely rule out him splashing £70m on van Dijk.
City, in contrast, could almost certainly afford £70m - despite signing a plethora of mega expensive defenders already this summer.
Surely Pep Guardiola hasn’t got room for one more?
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Yoshida chasing World Cup spot
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Yoshida is with Japan, who face a crucial World Cup qualifier at home to Australia (11.35am BST).
Victory for the Samurai Blue would ensure they book their place at the 2018 finals, in Russia, with a game to spare, marking a sixth consecutive World Cup qualification for the country.
Anything less than a win in Saitama would make the situation a little nervy for Japan, though.
Currently, Yoshida and his teammates top Group B of the Asian qualifying section, with the top two teams advancing, while the third-placed side will enter a play-off.
If they fail to beat Australia – who are in third place, just one point behind them – they would face a decisive match away to second-placed Saudi Arabia next Tuesday.
Portugal also begin an important qualifying double-header tonight (7.45pm BST), as they host Faroe Islands.
That should be a fairly simple affair for Cédric and his colleagues, as they look to keep in touch with group leaders Switzerland, who are three points ahead of them with four games left.
The bigger challenge will likely come on Sunday night, when Portugal visit third-placed Hungary.
Saints new-boy Hoedt could also see action this evening, as Netherlands visit France for a vital World Cup qualifier (7.45pm BST).
The Dutch are currently third in Group A of the European section, three points behind both tonight’s opponents and Sweden.
After tonight’s game, the Netherlands then return home to host Bulgaria in another qualifier on Sunday.
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A summer of unprecedented spending reaches its climax on Thursday on transfer deadline day.
Neymar’s world-record £198million move from Barcelona to PSG has changed the game, with fees rocketing skywards across the globe, including for the Premier League clubs.
Our expert Nick Harris updates you throughout the day on the latest numbers, facts and statistics surrounding the day’s - and the summer’s - spending.
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Southampton could get £80m for Virgil van Dijk next year, but he’ll stay today - Benali
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Starsport understands Liverpool are prepared to pay £70m to get Van Dijk today. Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester City have all looked at the Saints star but his heart is set on a switch to Anfield. Benali think Van Dijk will say, and says a big money deal could then follow in 12 months time. “My gut feeling is that Virgil will still be a Saints player when the window shuts,” he said.
“Saints could be looking at £80m-plus” “There’s a lot of talk about the money he could go for and seeing the sort of fees some players are fetching it could take a huge, maybe record bid to prise him away after another good season at Southampton. “Saints could be looking at £80m-plus. "It will be a decision for the club to take but I’m pleased with the stance they have taken and would like to see him remain a Saints player as long as possible.
“He’s an absolute top class, and I would go as far as to say world-class, player. "There’s been a lot of talk about him going to some big clubs in this country but in my opinion he could easily go to a Barcelona, Real Madrid or PSG, anywhere in the world, he’s that good.”
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