Virgil van Dijk suddenly became the most expensive defender ever on Wednesday, after Liverpool put an amount of 84.5 million euros on the table. A few years ago, the mandekker who had been taken over from Southampton appeared on the radar of Crystal Palace, tells trainer Neil Warnock. However, the mainout of the club did not see it in Van Dijk.
Between August and December 2014 Warnock was trainer of Crystal Palace. At the time Van Dijk played for Celtic,”When I worked at Crystal Palace, it was hard to get players. I wanted Celtic’s centre defender, Van Dijk, and Celtic wanted to have six million pounds,”Warnock reminds us in conversation with talkSPORT,” I said internally:”We have to get there, not our mainout looked at Van Dijk and concluded:” He isn’t very fast, it’s Scottish football “. That was before Southampton came before him. I hope that the scout will now also look at it.
Warnock is currently the trainer of Championship club Cardiff City. There he has at his disposal centrum defender and Ivorian international Sol Bamba, who was recruited without transfer. According to Warnock, Bamba is a better defender than’ the man of 84.5 million euros’,”I think Van Dijk is better at the ball. But he is not a better defender. At Van Dijk it all looks a bit more flexible, but Sol Bamba is a bit better as a defender”.
Sol Bamba is a better defender than Virgil van Dijk’ s’ Sol Bamba’.
