Liverpool have reported curiosity in Bournemouth centre-back Dean Huijsen, whose latest phrases on Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk spotlight what the membership stand to lose.
The membership are available in the market for a participant in each division this summer season, or that’s the way it feels no less than, though reinforcements at centre-back will hinge on Van Dijk’s future.
Huijsen, 19, has been linked to Liverpool as golf equipment circle to set off his £50 million launch clause this summer season, with the Telegraph‘s Jason Burt the newest to credit score the membership with curiosity.
The Athletic’s David Ornstein lately talked down any hyperlinks and even instructed a transfer abroad is simply as doubtless as {the teenager} remaining within the Premier League.
Huijsen is one to control, and whereas Liverpool will doubtless be preserving tabs on his on-field progress at Bournemouth, a latest interview from the defender highlighted one thing else completely.
And that’s what the membership stand to lose if new contracts for Salah and Van Dijk aren’t sorted.
The Aura of Salah and van Dijk
The duo could also be over the age of 30 however their affect on their teammates and the opposition stays as robust as ever, as highlighted by 19-year-old Huijsen.
Requested on the Talkin’ Balls*** podcast who the hardest participant he has come up towards is, he replied: “I feel Salah as a result of he has the power to create stuff however he additionally has the power to be in the precise spot on a regular basis to get an help, to get a purpose.
“Even towards us, he scored two objectives however out of nowhere. It was a dribble and he’s simply curled it into the highest nook. Plus a penalty, clearly, and a penalty you must rating it nonetheless.
“However the second purpose, he’s simply dribbled and put it into the highest nook and it’s simply really easy.
“Even when he doesn’t handle to play an amazing sport on the attention, he’ll nonetheless present. He’s all the time there.”
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Thirty-two objectives and 22 assists to date this season might underline the purpose greater than Huijsen’s phrases, but when the Egyptian does depart Liverpool are dropping a big concern issue.
He makes the opposition defence second guess attributable to his presence alone, whereas Van Dijk can intimidate anybody – these aren’t traits you’ll be able to merely purchase within the switch window.
“Who’s the perfect centre-back proper now? Van Dijk, 100%,” Huijsen went on to say.
“Clearly I wasn’t one-v-one enjoying towards him, however simply seeing him on the pitch, he’s so spectacular.
“He really does (have an aura). He simply stands there and he’s so tall, so robust. He’s an amazing participant, to be trustworthy. I positively (look as much as him).”
Whereas we might have heard Huijsen’s phrases from completely different sources, it underlines how important their presence stays and the lure they are going to have for any potential switch goal this summer season.
Each dialog the membership have with potential signings will see the query requested, and the Bournemouth defender might show to be certainly one of them.
