Saints Need To Up Offer For Van Dijk
Saints need to up their offer a little if they are to secure the services of Virgil Van Dijkbefore the transfer window closes tomorrow.
Sky Sports and indeed most media sources seem to agree that Virgil Van Dijk to Southampton is a done deal apart from one thing and that is the two clubs agreeing a fee.
The Glasgow club have already signed Van Dijk's replacement so its only a little bit of haggling to be concluded before Celtic will agree the transfer.
It seems that Saints have made an offer of around £10 million but Celtic want closer to £12 million to let the Dutch central defender go.
The good news is that the two clubs are not that far apart and a little bit of fine tweaking will probably see the deal done for somewhere between £11 - 11.5 million.
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