When Virgil van Dijk landed at Anfield just over eight years ago from Southampton, it was as the most expensive centre-back of all time. “Next summer we are not talking about 84.65 million euros anymore, but a completely free transfer.
Real Madrid, like Juventus, are specialists in free transfers and one “trick” they know works is to signal interest early, so a player has the possibility of a transfer with bonus money in mind when/if there is talk of an extension.
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The 35-year-old Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk is on an expiring contract. – So now the race for who will “pick” him for free has started in earnest. – The parties are allowed to sign a pre-agreement in January if there is no extension.
Real Madrid is among Van Dijk’s possible destinations
Virgil van Dijk has not yet made him another offer. In fact, some experts claim that such an offer will never come.
In the face of this situation, the names of clubs that may be interested in the Dutch international stopper have begun to emerge.
One of these clubs would be Real Madrid. That he arrives on a free transfer in the summer is a thought that would be very attractive to the white club. At the same time, other clubs seem to be possible destinations for the centre-back – among them Milan, Inter Miami and Galatasaray.
Real Madrid signed Konaté this summer. The Frenchman came on a free transfer from Liverpool, and that operation can now be repeated with Van Dijk. Mourinho wanted a new centre-back, but no one else came, because Asencio did not leave Real Madrid this summer.
An obstacle for Real Madrid is of course the knowledge that Virgil Van Dijk has about how badly things went for his teammate Trent Alexander-Arnold after he landed in the Spanish capital.
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