Actual Madrid aren’t believed to be eager about signing Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk, a report in Spain has claimed.
Madrid are holding an extremely shut eye on contract negotiations at Anfield, with right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold a key summer season goal as he approaches the ultimate six months of his present cope with Liverpool.
Like Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk’s contract can also be winding down and a report lately claimed the Dutchman had joined his fellow defender on Madrid’s checklist of targets.
MARCA, nevertheless, dispute such claims and demand Van Dijk will not be at present into consideration on the Santiago Bernabeu.
Whereas there may be an apparent admiration for Van Dijk’s abilities, Madrid officers consider signing a participant who will flip 34 years outdated in July would solely paper over the cracks of their centre-back ranks, reasonably than deal with the problems in full.
David Alaba has missed over a 12 months with an damage, whereas Eder Militao is again on the sidelines after struggling his second ACL damage in as a few years, leaving Antonio Rudiger as the one senior centre-back obtainable to Carlo Ancelotti.
Madrid would reasonably signal a younger star who may be the point of interest of their defence for the following decade and are due to this fact not contemplating short-term choices like Van Dijk.
Van Dijk was lately requested a few doable transfer to Madrid on the finish of the season. The Dutchman was fast to brush off the hypothesis after the 2 sides met within the Champions League earlier within the marketing campaign.
