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Liverpool chiefs have already earmarked ‘monster’ Virgil van Dijk replacement amid contract situation

Luke Randall

Fri 6 September 2024 6:00, UK

Liverpool face a huge decision with Virgil van Dijk’s contract up in the summer, with a potential replacement already being eyed up.

The Reds signed Virgil van Dijk for around £75 million back in January 2018 in what was arguably one of their best transfer🧸s in the Premier League era.

Indeed, the Dutchman has played 273 ti🍌mes for the Merseyside club and has eight trophies to show fo🦂r it, which includes the Champions League and the Premier League title.

However, his future remains uncertain with his current deal at Liverpool set to run out in June.

Van Dijk is rather calm about hi♎s c♎urrent situation as he loves playing for the club and is more than hapܫp💞y to just wait and see what happens.

Interestingly, it appears as if the club may already have a potential replacem🍷ent in m𝐆ind…

Liverpool have already earmarked a ‘monster’ replacement for Virgil van Dijk

Of course, there’s no guarantee that Van Dijk is going to leave with Steve McManaman ev⛦en stating that Liverpool have already opened contract talks.

But, as often is t𓄧he case with the media, there are contrasting reports.

According to , Liverpool ch👍iefs have already earmarked Juventus’ Gleison Bremer as a replacement for Virgil v🔴an Dijk.

T🥀he report states that Bremer is seen as an ideal long-term replacement for the Dutchman.

So, it appears as if the Reds are eyeing yet another raid on Juventus after bringing Federico Chiesa to Anfield in the summer transfer window.

What do we know about Gleison Bremer?

Gleison Bremer has been  by data analyst, Ben Mattinson.

The Brazilian played a key part in Juventus’ season las🌌t time out, failing to appear in just two Serie A.

Similar to Van Dijk, Bremer is a physically strong centre-back who can p😼lay on either side with excellent aerial ability and sense of positioning.

This isn’t the first time that rumours have come out involving the defender as it was stated that Bremer could have ended up joining Liverpool during the sumౠmer window just gone.

And, the defender has even been making comparisons between himselfꦗ and Van Dijk.

“There are many defenders strong players around, like Van Dijk. He is two steps above me because he won the Champions League and plays in a tough league like the Premie🔴r League.

“In the end, when a player ret⛦ires, only the trophies won count, if you haven’t won no🍷thing you can’t say you were the best”.