Actual Madrid's stance on Virgil van Dijk free switch revealed

Actual Madrid should not believed to be inquisitive about signing Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk, a report in Spain has claimed.

Madrid are maintaining 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 isn’t at the moment into account on the Santiago Bernabeu.

Whereas there may be an apparent admiration for Van Dijk’s skills, Madrid officers imagine signing a participant who will flip 34 years outdated in July would solely paper over the cracks of their centre-back ranks, fairly than tackle the problems in full.

David Alaba has missed over a yr 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 out there to Carlo Ancelotti.

Madrid would fairly signal a younger star who may be the focus of their defence for the subsequent 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.