Virgil Van Dijk

[Jay86]

[El Rojo]

His current profession seems to be having his photo taken with Liverpool fans. Nice little earner.

[Gym Beglin]

In London? Chelsea talks obviously.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

We have a London office.

[niallers]

Yeah, wasn't salahs agent constantly tweeting he was in that there London before we signed him

[Gym Beglin]

That's it lads, chin up.

[stringvest]

We have a London office.

 

 

It's a room above a betting office in Balham.

[jimmycase]

At nearly 6000 sq feet of office space, it's hardly a 'room.'

[Pureblood]

It is to stringy.

[TheHowieLama]

And stingy.

[jimmycase]

Perhaps in his dreams?

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

Whacko !

[dickie mint]

At nearly 6000 sq feet of office space, it's hardly a 'room.'

 

Did you put the carpets in.

[jimmycase]

Did you put the carpets in.

 

No, I arranged the finance for it.

[dickie mint]

No, I arranged the finance for it.

 

The money has to be spent somewhere.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

I floored the place, solid oak with solid gold edging strips. The toilets had platinum taps and the loo handle was diamond encrusted. John Henry paid me in my hand no questions asked.

Varnishing his Yacht decking next week, wanted to use Ronseal he insisted on Screwfix own brand.

[liverpoolsno9]

Varnishing his Yacht decking next week, wanted to use Ronseal he insisted on Screwfix own brand.

It's all about the fella in charge, he can get the Screwfix stuff to look as good as the Ronseal, but, ultimately, it'll look shit after a year and will need loads of maintenance and be back to square one.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

It's all about the fella in charge, he can get the Screwfix stuff to look as good as the Ronseal, but, ultimately, it'll look shit after a year and will need loads of maintenance and be back to square one.

That's what I said and he mumbled something about just give it one coat and walked off.

[Bob]

That's what I said and he mumbled something about just give it one coat and walked off.

We're signing Seb's brother Juan Coates?

[YNWAViking]

Juan W. Coates.

[Guest]

I think what Kreuger is saying is that he is a nightmare to deal with and only in our dreams can we sign him.

 

He also said Funnneee needs to chill the fuck our and get off Wikipedia for a couple of hours.

I see what you did there. He must live on Elm Street.

[INTORRESTING]

Saints gonna look a bit silly as no way can see that strategy out unless pay power wages and even then will struggle.

[Herp McDerp]

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40953662

 

Southampton captain Virgil van Dijk is "not for sale", according to club chairman Ralph Krueger.

 

The Netherlands centre-back, 26, handed in a transfer request last week and it is understood he wanted to move to Premier League rivals Liverpool.

 

"Virgil is not for sale in this window - it's not personal," he said of the player that joined the club in 2015.

 

"It's not about him, it's about an overall much, much, much bigger picture - a change of course for Southampton."

 

On Monday, Chinese businessman Jisheng Gao and his family completed a deal to buy 80% of the south coast club.

 

Krueger suggested that the Saints wanted some stability in their squad, adding: "We want to mature, we want to be a team that can profit from synergies that create a much more attractive football and a better product for the fans, and gives us a chance to get back into Europe.

 

"That's one player in this whole equation of 25 and it is the visible one. But for us it's the principle and it's the path and it's the statement we need to make to get to a new space as a club.

 

"We are very, very adamant about carrying this through."

 

Van Dijk did not feature in Saturday's Premier League opener against Swansea because of a virus. Saints manager Mauricio Pellegrino, who ordered the Dutchman to train alone in the summer, said before the weekend that he wants the defender to stay.

 

The Netherlands international been strongly linked with a move to Liverpool this summer as well as attracting interest from Premier League champions Chelsea and Manchester City.

 

However, the Anfield club said they ended their interest in June after Saints said they were going to report them to the Premier League for making an alleged illegal approach.

 

Van Dijk signed a new six-year contract in May 2016, having joined for £13m from Celtic in September 2015.

 

 

That entire statement belongs in the corporate bellendery  thread over on the GF.

 

"profit from synergies that create a much more attractive football and a better product for the fans"

 

"That's one player in this whole equation of 25 and it is the visible one. But for us it's the principle and it's the path and it's the statement we need to make to get to a new space as a club."

 

[Baltar]

The boat has sailed. Had we gone about our business properly instead of dicking around he might be here already. Forget it, let's move on. Chalk it down as yet another transfer that we let slip from our grasp. Something's never change, no matter which clown is in charge of transfers at this club.

[3 Stacks]

This deal's been snake-bitten from the start. The apology was embarrassing, but besides that I don't think the club did much wrong. He clearly was never for sale and It's the reason why we had to go as far as we did with the underhanded tactics.

 

The fact that we haven't moved on to another target yet is the real problem.