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title: "Rival fan reactions to Liverpool signing Van Dijk – How wrong they were"
canonical: "https://readliverpoolfc.com/articles/rival-fan-reactions-to-liverpool-signing-van-dijk-how-wrong-they-were/"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Abdullah Mulla"
section: "Articles"
published: "2019-12-28T08:00:00Z"
modified: "2019-12-28T08:00:00Z"
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# Rival fan reactions to Liverpool signing Van Dijk – How wrong they were

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 ![😂](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f602.svg)![😂](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f602.svg)![😂](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f602.svg)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 ![🤔](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f914.svg)![🤔](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f914.svg) #overrated (@LetiangTebogo)

> Twitter: RT @JackHS32: @shazzers97 @dean96lfc @WxrdProwse @SkySportsNews If he wants achievements, then Liverpool is not the place to go ![😂](https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/12.0.0-1/svg/1f602.svg) (@LetiangTebogo)

### READ LIVERPOOL VERDICT

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.