Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk pursues Matthijs de Ligt's charm offensive

Less than two weeks after Matthijs de Ligt hinted that he would be open to a possible move to Anfield, Virgil van Dijk, of Liverpool, has maintained the charm offensive with the Dutch wonderkid.

At age 19, he is the Reds defender's central partner with the Netherlands national team and many Kopites would like to see the duo unite more regularly next season.

De Ligt is one of the most fashionable properties in European football and one of the best radios on the continent, and Barcelona should strongly win the race for its signature.

However, the sensation at Ajax admitted earlier this month that a possible tipping over within Jurgen Klopp's team remained in his thoughts, stating: "Virgil is a player who has from experience in the upper leagues.

"Of course, you would like to learn from him. It's very useful to play alongside him on the Dutch team.

"It could happen (De Ligt joins him at Anfield). He plays for Liverpool, a good club, but I'm not focused on them.

"I'm focusing on Ajax and then I'll see where I find myself."

The duo helped Ronald Koeman's team to get rid of his victory in the qualifying match for the European Championship, 4-0 against Belarus in Rotterdam on Thursday – a match in which van Dijk has scored the ultimate goal – and now preparing to face formidable rivals Sunday, Germany, Amsterdam, it seems that the feeling is reciprocal when it is the most expensive defender in the world, who makes the Praise from his junior partner.

Van Dijk said of De Ligt: "He's an excellent defender, it's clear.

"He can still improve a lot and he realizes it, but playing like he does at this age is fantastic and I'm really happy to play next to him."

At the same time, Dutch national team captain, Mr van Dijk, also paid tribute to the victims of a deadly shootout in Utrecht, Holland, earlier this week, while he was tweeting a message that the whole team was united, supportive.