A former football lawyer has claimed Liverpool have opened negotiations with Southampton over Virgil van Dijk.
Liverpool made the Saints defender a top target earlier this summer before they were forced to cease and desist from their attempts to sign the centre-back after the south-coast club complained about a potential 'tapping up'.
Liverpool were forced to offer a hasty apology to Southampton following the complaint before the Premier League ruled they would be taking the matter no further .
France-based lawyer Daniel Vanderkamp worked alongside Liverpool during the deal to sign Christian Benteke from Aston Villa in the summer of 2015, and the South African has now claimed the Reds have held dialogue with Southampton over the transfer of their classy Dutch international.
Vanderkamp tweeted: "Got told things are moving along now with LFC and Southampton.
"I don't know if he's handed in a request, just that the clubs are back negotiating.
Got told things are moving along now with LFC and Southampton.
— Daniel Vanderkamp (@DanVanderkamp) July 12, 2017
I don't know if he's handed in a request, just that the clubs are back negotiating. I don't think he will have to hand in a request either
One of the 4 you are going to make slagging of said rival clubs of course.
(These are known as jam jar traps)
Yeah but I haven't. Yet. So how could people post in them?
Well the wasps will follow you round till you catch them in some honey won't they?
Keita ...
Depends how big the mountain of sugar is
They're close to accepting a 65Mil bid (with add ons taking it to 75mil) Euro's.
You wish, after Brexit its more likely the other way round.Obviously the sugar pile is not as big as the loose change found down the back of Ayres sofa then they remitted his pleasure pal...sorry office.
65mil euros is about 5 quid yes?
So literally ages ago.

That's it, you cast the net and see if you catch some 'I don't care'@Tobes @PJS - BACK AND BOSSING IT will be [HASHTAG]#choking[/HASHTAG]
So ages ago Sigurdsson managed a few goals![]()

How reliable are these Keira rumours?
I ain't getting my hopes up until something reliable comes up![]()
Yeah.... I mean 40mil rejected for a journeyman who failed at spurs makes 34 paid for a Chelsea reject seem reasonable.
That's it, you cast the net and see if you catch some 'I don't care'
They go well with that chip on your shoulder.

How reliable are these Keira rumours?
I ain't getting my hopes up until something reliable comes up![]()
Very reliable apparently....
Some agent called Mr J Sfoot. He used to be a freelance elite European scout.
i feel i may have mentioned this before but surely it would be good news apart from the fact we have no LB.It's obvious we're trying our damned hardest to sign these 2 players hence nothing else happening. I'm confident that Klopp knows what he's doing.
If they both weren't happening they'd be movement elsewhere, no news at this stage is good news imo.