City inquired about Van Dijk but were put off by his £75m price tag

Manchester City pulled out of the race to sign Virgil van Dijk from Southampton last season because they were astounded by the club’s £75 million valuation of the central defender, a new documentary has revealed.

In the third episode of All or Nothing, in which Amazon cameras captured behind-the-scenes footage at City last season, it is revealed that the board considered signing Van Dijk in January.

With injuries mounting, Pep Guardiola asks Khaldoon al-Mubarak, the club’s chairman, Txiki Begiristain, the director of football, and the chief executive, Ferran Soriano, to sign a central defender.

City eventually signed Aymeric Laporte for £57 million but they also looked into buying Van Dijk, who eventually signed for Liverpool in a £75 million deal, which remains a world-record