Dharmesh Sheth: Liverpool player is worth in excess of £100m

Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk is worth over £100million in today’s transfer market, according to Sky Sports journalist Dharmesh Sheth.

The Netherlands international joined the Reds for £75million from Southampton last January but that world-record transfer fee for a defender looks set to be smashed by Manchester United in their reported £80million swoop for Leicester’s Harry Maguire [BBC Sport].

Van Dijk is arguably the best centre-back in world football and although Maguire’s going to cost more than the Dutchman, Sheth claims that it’s nothing to do with qualit...