That’s according to Garry Parker, who worked with Van Dijk during his time as a first-team coach at Celtic under Neil Lennon’s stewardship. Liverpool paid a record £75million to sign Van Dijk from Southampton in January earlier this year. Virgil van Dijk joined Liverpool for a record fee worth £75millionVirgil van Dijk has established himself as one of the best defenders in the world“As I say, as soon as he played for us at Celtic we knew he would go on to bigger things. “First it was Southampton, but now he’s at Liverpool, and he’s loving it and he’s thriving. Virgil van Dijk would have been available for much cheaper

Source: Express December 26, 2018 12:45 UTC