COMMENTARY
Some Liverpool fans were left recalling how Virgil Van Dijk ended up at Anfield after Melissa Reddy reported on the club’s chances of signing Lille attacker Nicolas Pepe. The journalist reported on ESPN that the Reds had not discussed signing the 24-year-old with the French club despite claims saying they were. Reddy stated that Liverpool’s sporting director Michael Edwards personally reached out to Lille manager Christophe Galtier in June in order to tell him the Reds had no interest in signing Pepe, and added that Liverpool felt they were being used to inflate the player’s value. While this report should have crushed any hope fans had that the attacker was about to arrive, it actually did the opposite and convinced some fans that a deal was possible. Some Liverpool fans pointed out that the club previously went on the record to state they had ended their interest in Van Dijk, only to sign him from Southampton in the following window. While it does seem the Reds fans below are clutching at straws, as Reddy is a reliable source, you can never rule out anything in the transfer window.
Live 4 Liverpool has rounded up some of the best tweets below:
Just like with van Dijk, eh? https://t.co/HpSX6P2F3Q
— . (@FourRoIe) June 25, 2019
Have we done a VvD in Blackpool again???? https://t.co/3tvtg4yMOa
— MickeyEdwardsLaptop (@LFCExcelGenius) June 26, 2019
https://twitter.com/anfieldstandard/status/1143614735834931201
https://twitter.com/LFCRKS/status/1143616014665601024
We all know LFC are keeping you all in the dark because of the VVD leaks
— Colin Higgins (@ColinHiggins6) June 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/Miluboy1/status/1143618276506906625
https://twitter.com/advaitlfc/status/1143730245557579776
Didn't we tell Southampton we weren't interested in van dijk too
— vito modica* (@vitomodica) June 26, 2019
