Sportime report

Liverpool target £41m defender as defensive urgency grows

Koulierakis Emerges as Leading Candidate in Liverpool’s Centre-Back Succession Plan Defensive succession becomes urgent There is a quiet inevitability at Liverpool right now, a sense that the sands are shifting in the heart of defence. Virgil van Dijk, the imperious figure at the back for much of the club’s modern renaissance, turned 34 in July. His...