Football pundit Stuart Pearce has claimed that Liverpool will again try to sign defender Virgil van Dijk during the January transfer window.
The Dutch international was one of the Reds priority targets during the summer transfer window as they looked to bolster their defence, however in the end, they did not sign him.
Van Dijk has hoped to move and handed in a transfer request to Southampton though in the end they refused to sell. Liverpool’s defensive woes have already cost them dearly this season and it was again to blame on Sunday as they slumped to a 4-1 defeat against Tottenham.
Pearce said: “Well I think it seems as though they’ve put all their eggs in the Van Dijk basket, let’s say. They were desperate to get him in the summer.
“That didn’t happen for whatever reason and they didn’t go for a second or third option. I think they will be sat here at this moment in time going back for Van Dijk in January. Hopefully that will be the case.”
