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title: "Liverpool not ready to pay £70m for Van Dijk"
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author: "Daniel Emery"
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published: "2017-12-18T15:39:22Z"
modified: "2017-12-18T15:39:22Z"
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# Liverpool not ready to pay £70m for Van Dijk

Liverpool are unwilling to pay £70m to sign Southampton centre back Virgil Van Dijk in January.

According to [The Independent](https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/premier-league/liverpool/liverpool-will-not-pay-southamptons-lavish-asking-price-for-virgil-van-dijk-36414481.html), [Liverpool](https://readliverpoolfc.com/) will not make a move for Van Dijk unless Southampton reduce their asking price.

Van Dijk was heavily expected to leave Southampton in the summer after he handed in a transfer request.

Instead, Southampton stood firm and kept hold of their – at the time – captain, with [Liverpool](https://readliverpoolfc.com/) lurking.

![Jan Kruger/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/readliverpoolfc/2017/12/875776818.jpg)

[Liverpool](https://readliverpoolfc.com/) were forced to issue an apology to Southampton for ‘tapping up’ Van Dijk after reports emerged that Jurgen Klopp spoke to the defender without permission.

[Manchester City](https://readmancity.com/) and [Chelsea](https://readchelsea.com/) are also keeping tabs on Van Dijk ahead of the transfer window, as they eye up a potential move.

Southampton reportedly want £70m for Virgil Van Dijk, which would be a world-record fee for a central defender – and a club-record for Southampton.

Van Dijk was an unused substitute as Southampton lost 1-0 to [Chelsea](https://readchelsea.com/) at the weekend.