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Saints admit Van Dijk could be sold in January on day Klopp returns from sick bed

JURGEN KLOPP has been given the green light to make a new January bid for Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk.

Liverpool were forced to apologise to the Saints after their failed attempt to sign the £70million star in the summer. And Anfield boss Klopp will get a close-up view of the player he still believes can help solve his defensive problems as he will be in the dugout against Southampton tomorrow after recovering from a health scare.

Saints manager Mauricio Pellegrino admitted yesterday

he could not guarantee that Holland defender Van Dijk would still be at the club by the end of January.

He said: “I don’t know, I can’t control the market.

“You never know as when we talk about money, everybody has got a price.

“The budget is to sign players and the biggest teams have got money to try to sign players. I can’t decide about that. This is a question for our owners.

“We have got a lot of good players and most teams want to sign them.”

Liverpool had to apologise to Southampton for making an illegal approach when they tried to sign Van Dijk in a longrunning transfer saga that saw the player request a move before being banished from the first team.

Klopp took training at Melwood yesterday afternoon following his admission to hospital for tests on Wednesday when he complained of feeling ill.

YOU STILL WANT ME? Virgil van Dijk is heading to Anfield.. to face Klopp, who returned to training yesterday following his short illness