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Liverpool could have to pay £80m to sign Virgil van Dijk’s replacement with Real Madrid also keen

There is a distinct possibility that Virgil van Dijk could leave Liverpool at the end of the season.

Van Dijk is out of contract at Liverpool in the summer of 2025.🎀 No new deal is in place at th🍨e moment.

The Netherlands international is one of the best defenders in the world, and even at the ag♕e of 33, he is going as strong as ever.

Van D💞ijk’s performances have impressed Troy Deeney among other pundits, but the 🌼future of the former Celtic star is up in the air.

Arne Slot’s side have already started looking at potential replacements for Van Dijk. One defe🎃nder Liverpool are monitori🔥ng is Jorrel Hato. Another is Murillo.

How much Liverpool could have to pay for Murillo

reported this month that Liverpool are keen on a deal for Nottingham Forest central defen🅰der Murillo.

Photo by Richard Sellers/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty Images
Photo by Richard Sellers/Sportsphoto/Allstar via Getty Images

The🦹 former Premier League and UEFA Champions League winners are looking for a long-ter🌺m replacement for Van Dijk, and Murillo is a player they have identified as a potential target.

Liverpool, though, have to pay a lot of money for the defender. has reported that Forest could demand as much as £80 million for the 22-year-old, adding that Real Madrid are also keen on him.

Jamie Redknapp rates Liverpool target Murillo highly

Murillo has been on the books of Forest ꦏsince the summer of 2023 when he joined from Corinthians and has beꦡen very impressive.

The Brazilian central defender has scored one goal, given two assists and kept seven clean sheets in 43 appearances in the Premierꦇ League so far in his career.

Murillo has impressed many pundits, and one of them is former Liverpool midfielder Jamie Redknapp.

In October 2023, Rཧedknapp said about the Forest star on “He possesses a lot of weapons in his armoury – he’s got a lovely left foot which I think gives you a massive advantage.

“You want a modern-day centre-back to be comfortable on the ball and he is but he also enjoys de♍fending 🌼and loves to get himself in the way for a block.

“They paid £13 million for him this summer, which lo♍oks to be an absolute bargain. It’s never easy to come to the Premier League, but he’s just adjusted 🌠so easily.”