United chose Lindelöf over Van Dijk

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In January 2018, Liverpool picked up Virgil van Dijk in Southampton for a then record price for Liverpool, and has since been a huge reason why Liverpool must be considered the best football team in that period. But in an interview with talkSPORT, the Dutchman's former teammate Charlie Austin has said that Van Dijk could very well have ended up at Manchester United.

He told me, "You know what, Chaz (Charlie Austin, This summer it was between Lindelof and I, and they bought Lindelof", Austin told talkSPORT yesterday.

Van Dijk was rumored to both Liverpool and Manchester United all summer, but did not end up being sold. In the case of Manchester United because they took the Swede instead. Later in the interview, Austin says that he could sense that his favorite club was Liverpool all the time, when he was asked if Van Dijk wanted to join United.

I'm not sure, I think his heart was with Liverpool all the time. Victor Lindelof has had a very volatile time at Manchester United, but has nevertheless appeared 138 times for "The Red Devils" in four seasons. But had they known that Van Dijk would be as good as he has been for Liverpool, then it is quite conceivable that they would have chosen him instead of Lindelof.



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