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Virgil van Dijk could still move to Liverpool in January, according to journalist Ian McGarry.

He says that the Southampton defender believed that his deal to move to Anfield would go through this summer, but could still force through a move in the New Year.

McGarry told the Transfer Window Podcast: “Van Dijk, compared to his fellow rebels in the Premier League Alexis Sanchez and Philippe Coutinho, has one great advantage in that he’s not going to be cup tied for European football in the January window.

“So, I would say of those three he’s got the best prospects of leaving and joining a club in January.

“ Liverpool was his first choice.

“I spoke to a close friend of his and Van Dijk definitely believed his deal to Liverpool was all agreed in terms of his personal terms in terms of this transfer window that’s just closed.

"I think the takeover of Southampton Football Club, I say takeover, but the investment in Southampton Football Club had a negative effect from Van Dijk’s point of view.

"They no longer wanted, or needed, the money that they would get from selling him to Liverpool for about £55m.

“Whether that backfires on them in regard to the player’s performance we’ll have to wait and see as he’s not featured yet.

“But I go back to the original point in that Van Dijk has a good chance of moving in January where I would say Sanchez and Coutinho don’t.”