Liverpool: Klopp has the perfect opportunity to sign Van Dijk replacement

Liverpool could sign the perfect Van Dijk replacement.

The gut-wrenching feeling remains in every Liverpool supporters’ stomach. The sinking blow of Virgil Van Dijk’s long term absence has been a reeling revelation. One that is hard to fathom and accept. But it is the new reality supporters must now deal with.

The Ajax clash in the Champions League shed light to the ‘new normal’ for the Reds. Fabinho and Gomez’s partnership is very much in its fledgling stages, however they withstood their first challenge.

The Brazilian was especially outstanding and he looks like a more than capable presence at the back for the club.

However, the Everton games exposed the partnership’s frailties. The defence without Van Dijk is devoid of a strong physical and aerial presence.

It is an area which club’s in the Premier League and the Champions League might exploit and if it becomes too cumbersome for Fabinho and Gomez to deal with then Jurgen Klopp has the perfect opportunity to sign the ideal long-term replacement for Virgil Van Dijk.

Dayot Upamecano‘s release clause which would make him available for under £40 million becomes active in the summer.

His suitors have all been purported to be lurking in wait, assiduously preparing for a move in the summer.

That means in January, Dayot Upamecano will be virtually untouched by other big clubs looking to buy a defender in the window.

It could be Michael Edward’s and Liverpool’s opportunity to pounce.

RB Leipzig will be looking to make maximum profit from one of their prized assets. They will be reluctant to allow Dayot Upamecano leave for his purported release clause.

Liverpool could offer the German club aid in that regard.

Michael Edwards could increase Liverpool’s offer to something more acceptable for Leipzig’s taste and that could well secure Dayot Upamecano for the Reds.

One thing is sure, the French 21 year old centre-back if the perfect fit for the club and exactly what Klopp needs.

First Time Finish recently wrote a detailed report on the Frenchman with exclusive quotes from the Red Bull Salzburg director who brought him to Red Bull in the first place.

Christopher Freund recalled to First Time Finish how Dayot Upamecano’s ‘physical conditions, his power and his cleverness on the pitch have been extraordinary even at that young age.’

Power and clever positional awareness, Upamecano sounds eerily like Virgil Van Dijk from the Salzburg director’s analysis.

Would you like Liverpool to sign Dayot Upamecano?