Virgil van Dijk saw his dream transfer to Liverpool turn off last summer.The centre defender would like to leave Southampton in January, but that turns out to be not true.The Dutch national Orange indicates in conversation with De Telegraaf that he is fully focused on his performance with his current employer and that he is no longer engaged in a transfer,”It was not my words and I would never say something like that”, says Van Dijk.
Van Dijk submitted a transfer request last summer, which the club did not comply with.Returning from an injury he was removed from the selection, hoping for a departure at the Saints.Besides Liverpool, Chelsea was also interested in the event, but both clubs seized next to Van Dijk’s arrival.In the end, he was mercifully accepted by manager Mauricio Pellegrino and finished his first league matches again.In January, he was supposed to start again on a departure at Southampton, as he was quoted by various media on Monday when he arrived in Huis ter Duin,”I saw this once at Celtic, that my words were completely distorted as they are now.I was also with Oranje.
Van Dijk says he finds it annoying if he is misinterpreted,”Because then people get the wrong impression of you.I came across as a pampered nest, who was just looking at his options to make a transfer in the winter.It wasn’t my words and I would never say something like that.My focus is entirely on Southampton.I work very hard on training courses and competitions and have respect for the club.Even after what happened last summer.
Van Dijk’s contract continues until the summer of 2022 and until that time he will give the club one hundred percent for the club,”Earning the club and fans”, says Van Dijk, who doesn’t think he’ll stop talking to the media anymore,”Maybe you should be more careful, but I just say what I think.I do that in the Netherlands at Oranje, too.And if it is misinterpreted, I am just putting it right here.
Virgil van Dijk is busy working on his last season at Southampton.
