{"id":39819,"date":"2017-08-10T05:10:59","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T05:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=39819"},"modified":"2017-08-10T05:11:36","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T05:11:36","slug":"steve-nicol-chelsea-wont-sign-liverpool-target-virgil-van-dijk-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/steve-nicol-chelsea-wont-sign-liverpool-target-virgil-van-dijk-summer.html","title":{"rendered":"Steve Nicol: Chelsea won&#8217;t sign Liverpool target Virgil van Dijk this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 24pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Steve Nicol: Chelsea won&#8217;t sign Liverpool target Virgil van Dijk this summer<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">That\u2019s the opinion of Steve Nicol who thinks Antonio Conte has plenty of options at centre-back with the likes of David Luiz and Gary Cahill.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The ex-Liverpool man also believes a move for Van Dijk will set back any club upwards of \u00a350m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">The Dutchman handed in a transfer request earlier this week as he looks to force a move to a major club in the Premier League.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">\u201cFor him I think it would be a great move, again I\u2019m not so sure Chelsea are desperate because you\u2019ve got (Gary) Cahill, you\u2019ve got (David) Luiz,\u201d Nicol said on ESPN FC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">\u201cThey have choices at centre-back, particularly if they play three.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">\u201cIt\u2019s a great move for him, I\u2019m not so sure Chelsea will go and spend that sort of money on him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">\u201cIt\u2019s going to be upwards of \u00a350m no question.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">\u201cI think this is a miss, I don\u2019t see him going to Chelsea.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Liverpool remain interested in Van Dijk with the 26-year-old keen to play under Jurgen Klopp.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;color: #000000;font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\">Southampton accused the Reds of tapping up their star man earlier this summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Source-\u00a0http:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/sport\/football\/636165\/Liverpool-Transfer-News-Virgil-van-Dijk-Chelsea-Steve-Nicol-Gossip-Southampton-Klopp<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/sports\/steve-nicol-chelsea-wont-sign-liverpool-target-virgil-van-dijk-summer.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Nicol: Chelsea won&#8217;t sign Liverpool target Virgil van Dijk this summer That\u2019s the opinion of Steve Nicol who thinks Antonio Conte has plenty of options at centre-back with the likes of David Luiz and Gary Cahill. 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