Would be nice to get him - but not for 75m. He’s not shown the form of the last 2 seasons - Yes there are mitigating factors such as coming back from injury, and playing for a completely garbage team, but 75 million is quite a lot.
Only source is The Telegraph. It's also been telling us that City has the deal in the bag this whole last week. £75 million is a nice headline-grabbing figure but, and this applies to the deal itself, I remain sceptical. Let's see that lean first.
The price is what it is. This is the man Klopp wanted, to the extent that he didn’t even pursue any other targets. So far all of his signings have been brilliant, so I am super excited to see what VVD will do for our defense. Give FSG credit also. Klopp identified 3 targets... Salah, Keita, and VVD. Through no fault of the club it didn’t happen right away, but we have now landed all of them, and they all are among the best in Europe at their position.
News from the telegraph is spreading like wildfire now -- need to see the scarf and the lean. But it looks done ...
Paul Joyce of the Times, saying announcement will come tonight -- medical already done. Will join on January 1.
Joyce is well connected to the club so may give him a pass. Looks like the one who broke the story on the Telegraph us connected to Southampton.
Good part is that it's bonus heavy. Get in!! EDIT - not bonus heavy - 70m up front - ok whatever. He's instantly the best CB on the team.
Big news. A twosome of Matip and VVD - pace/power in one and guile in the other - the makings of a sound partnership.