LIVERPOOL’S summer transfer window target, Toby Alderweireld, has claimed that he actually shunned an approach from the Reds before making the move to his new club, Atletico Madrid, on Monday.
The Belgian centre-back had been linked with numerous big names through the latter stages of the transfer window, but eventually opted against a move to the Premiership and instead substituted the Eredivisie for La Liga and joined Atletico Madrid in a last minute, four year deal.
However, despite this, Liverpool will not be overly dismayed about their failure to procure the 24 year old, as Brendan Rodgers managed to bolster his defensive options with the signings of Tiago Ilori from Sporting Lisbon and Mamadou Sakho from Paris Saint-Germain, meaning both Liverpool and Alderweireld are content with their seperate decisions.
Speaking of why he spurned Liverpool’s advances for Atletico Madrid, Alderweireld said:
“The club have been following me now for two or three weeks, and you could see they really wanted me.
“That is why I turned down approaches from other teams. Liverpool, for example, appeared in the last few days, but I had already made my decision.
“The truth is that Atletico made a huge effort to convince me.”
Despite not bringing Alderweireld to Anfield, Brendan Rodgers secured an impressive nine signings this summer.
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I was obvious with both him and the lad at Ajax that went to Spurs. If they had been seen as targets for the first team they would have been added
Sakho was seen as the first team choice CB and that left him and Liori as young back up to both CB both available for around the same fee
Liori was chosen ahead of this lad and I don’t think Liverpool will regret either choice
The decision regarding the lad at Ajax who went to spurs was taken very early on when he whored himself all over Europe not a good sign for a player under contract no matter how much potential they might have
In your dreams Alderweirld, if Liverpool had wanted you’d be here!
I’d take Sakho ahead of him anyday!! And I’m being nice by comparing him to Sakho rather than our youngster Ilori!!
as loyal lfc fan foe 33years give its not looking bad good signings sakho worlds in best five defenders illiri yiung talent got lits ahead cant complain other youngsters coming up good chance keep it up rogers looking forward to paisley days all the best to us xx l f c harry
having so much to say suggests the real reason was he was scared of the competition and also the quality and pace of the premier league.
Keep telling that to console your sorryself Toby,, .. LFC, BR never mentioned your name or Eriksen’s name even once. It was the media that did that. Like James Russel said, you’d already be here if LFC wanted you. It just that, you are not man enough to play for LFC..bhoy!
Hahaha Toby alderweireld your defensive class is not enough to be in LFC squad!!!
No doubt Ericksen gonna regret move to spurs, over red