Liverpool dealt blow in pursuit of Virgil van Dijk replacement


Liverpool was treated A transfer Beat in relation to her alleged interest in Borussia Dortmund Center-Back Nico Schlotterbeck as a potential replacement for Virgil van Dijk.

Van Dijk is no longer a contract at the end of the season and confirms that he does not yet have to decide what will happen. Even if the Dutchman stayed, in June he was good at the end of his career and Liverpool, at the end of the age of 34, would still have to keep looking for the out of the end.

Schlotterbeck, an integral part of the Dortmund team that the Champions League reached last months in the past few months, had been identified as such an option.

The 25-year-old will shortly conclude the last two seasons of his current Dortmund contract, and it was reported that Liverpool would be willing to pay more than € 50 million (€ 42 million) for him.

However, Schlotterbeck’s future could still go in different ways. Sky Sport Germany Reporters have revealed Dortmund’s wish to make him a potential future captain and face of the club. There is a desire to double its current content, which is estimated at € 5 million to € 6 million per season, although the talks are currently fighting in Dortmund’s queues, even get to the top half of the Bundesliga table.

If Dortmund has not qualified for European football next season, which had only taken place for the second time in the past 15 years, a transfer was not excluded and “clubs” – which means more than just Liverpool – “show again and again”. But Schlotterbeck itself is still open to Dortmund, even if they don’t make it to Europe for 2025/26.

Marc Guehi and Dean Huijsen could be alternative options for Liverpool in the Premier League, while David Hancko is already someone who knows good at Feyenoord.

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