When Liverpool paid fellow Premier League side Southampton £75m for the services of centre-back Virgil van Dijk, rival fans simply could not stop criticising the Reds.
Van Dijk was considered as nothing better than average and opposition fans took this transfer as a chance to mock Liverpool and praise the Saints for managing to get such a high fee for him.
The Dutchman officially became a Red in January 2018 and is now a UEFA Champions League winner, UEFA Super Cup winner and World Club Cup winner.
These fans must be eating their words…
Twitter: RT @FortuneNgwenya_: @SkySportsNews 75M
Southampton are milking Liverpool, this is daylight robbery (@FlyBoyBlac)
Twitter: RT @Franbo1712: @SkySportsNews Fair play to Southampton for getting that much for him. Wouldn’t give you my left over turkey for him!!!!! (@Sgt_Tree)
Twitter: RT @Mikey_F1: @SkySportsNews Absolute joke, bang average centre half, money in the prem is ridiculous (@Scotty_YNWA)
Twitter: RT @ChandraaAustin: @SkySportsNews Never heard of him before and show up with £75m price tag
#overrated (@LetiangTebogo)
Twitter: RT @JackHS32: @shazzers97 @dean96lfc @WxrdProwse @SkySportsNews If he wants achievements, then Liverpool is not the place to go
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Oh how sweet it is to see all of these negative comments coming back to haunt these fans.
Van Dijk is widely considered as the best centre-back on the planet at the moment. His signing has transformed the Reds into a new beast which seems impossible to stop at the moment.
£75m turned out to be an absolute steal by Liverpool. Nothing like a nice piece of humble pie for Christmas.
