Article by Romeo Ene – published on Sunday, August 10, 2025, 22:03 / Updated Sunday, August 2025 22:04
Liverpool lost to England Super Cup on Sunday in front of Crystal Palace. It was 2-2 after 90 minutes and 3-2 at the Department of London. At the end of the match, Virgil Van Dijk (34 years old), the captain of “Cormorants”, made a curious statement.
Although Liverpool paid to Frankfurt 95 million euros for the transfer of Hugo Ekitike (23 years old), a peak that debuted with empty, and 116 million euros for Florian Wirtz (22 years old) from Leverkusen, Van Dijk claims that his team urgently needs an attacker.
Virgil Van Dijk is waiting for an emergency striker at Liverpool: “Do we have?”
In addition, the Dutch announcement also comes in the context in which the champion of England tries to transfer Alexander Isak (25 years old) during this period, Newcastle's tip.
In the last week, Liverpool sold him on Darwin Nunez at Al Hilal and Luis Diaz to Bayern Munich, without bringing them substitutes, which reduced the offensive options.
In addition, Harvey Elliott and Federico Chiesa are on the foot, and the transfers of the two would further diminish the variants of Arne Slot in the offensive compartment.
After this evening's failure, a reporter told Van Dijk that Liverpool has “he has so many options in attack now.” Van Dijk heard and interrupted: “Do we have?”
Continuing: “Well, I just lost Darwin, who went to Saudi Arabia, and Luis Diaz, who went to Bayern. I think there is always room for an attacker to strengthen us so we will see what we can bring to Mercato“Van Dijk said, quoted by thisisanfield.com.
Liverpool is looking for a substitute for Nunez, and Isak remains the main target, even though the first offer of 131 million euros has been rejected.
Arne Slot also suggested, after the match, that another striker would be needed, explaining why he took Ekitike in the 71st minute: “For me, just three to four days between Friday's match [cu Bournemouth]it would not have been smart to let him play 90 minutes. ”
