Virgil van Dijk was seen speaking with PSG chiefs after Liverpool’s Champions League exit (Image: Getty)
captain is said to have used a conversation with Nasser Al-Khelaifi and Luis Campos to apologise for comments he made about Paris Saint-Germain last week. There has been in the Anfield tunnel after the Reds were dumped out of the yesterday.
Van Dijk is out of contract at the end of the season and is free to discuss a pre-contract agreement with foreign clubs. Some fans wondered whether he was talking about a potential move to France with PSG president Al-Khelaifi and sporting director Campos. It is understood that he remains in talks with .
After Ibrahima Konate avoided a red card in the first leg of the Champions League tie, Campos was filmed raging at referee Davide Massa at half-time. Van Dijk responded by telling him “It’s not Ligue 1, bro”, an apparent reference to a conspiracy theory that PSG get favourable refereeing in their domestic league.
According to , Van Dijk apologised for those comments during the chat after full-time at Anfield. The Dutchman is reported to share an excellent relationship with Al-Khelaifi and it was the duo who were initially speaking, with Campos joining later.
Van Dijk also reportedly told Al-Khelaifi and Campos that PSG are the best team have faced in the past three seasons. The publication claims they then discussed ‘other situations’ and that the PSG duo ‘particularly enjoyed’ the conversation with the 33-year-old.
It is not clear whether Van Dijk’s future was discussed.
Longue discussion entre Nasser al-Khelaïfi, Luis Campos et Virgil Van Dijk après la qualification du PSG contre Liverpool ??????
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were beaten on penalties after a 1-1 draw on aggregate. The Reds failed to score across 120 minutes, with Ousmane Dembele cancelling out Harvey Elliott’s first-leg goal. Darwin Nunez and Curtis Jones missed their spot-kicks in the shootout as PSG scored all four of theirs.
“It was the best game of football I have ever been involved in,” Slot reflected on Amazon Prime. “It was an incredible performance, especially if you compare it with last week. Maybe we ran out of luck because the margins were so small.
“We played the perfect game, except for scoring a goal. It was similar to Paris last week, when they played the perfect game and didn’t score. And then in extra time, they were maybe a little bit better.”