Virgil van Dijk reacts to Liverpool agreeing Thiago Alcantara transfer

Virgil van Dijk appears to be delighted with the imminent arrival of Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago Alcantara at Liverpool judging by the Dutch defender’s social media activity.

Reports on Thursday morning claimed that Bayern have accepted a £27m bid from Liverpool for the player, and he looks set to put pen to paper on a switch to Anfield in the coming days.

The move has been met with excitement by supporters of the club, and it seems Jurgen Klopp’s players are just as impressed by the bit of business.

Shortly after the news broke of Liverpool’s bid being accepted, Van Dijk ‘liked’ a tweet by Times journalist Paul Joyce making reference to it, and he is clearly looking forward to having a player of Thiago’s quality joining up with the squad.

The 29-year-old will be Liverpool’s second signing of the summer following the arrival of Greek left-back Konstantinos Tsimikas last month as the Reds try to build a side capable of retaining the Premier League title they won last season.

Speaking on Sky Sports last month, Gary Neville stated his opinion that the signing of Thiago would give a huge lift to the whole Liverpool squad.

“It wouldn’t be ridiculous to suggest there will be a slight drop off (in Liverpool’s form), if they don’t somehow stimulate that squad by doing something,” he said.

“It is a huge emotional drain on the group of players for three years. To ask them to go again and achieve that same standard would be a superhuman effort.

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“Getting them to do the same without amendment to the squad to give them that lift again, that is where signing Thiago would give the big one for Liverpool – to send a message to the rest of the players that we’ve signed one of the best players in the world in that position.

“He is world class and would give them a world-class presence in an area of the field where they don’t have a world-class presence. They need that impetus to stay where they are.”