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Van Dijk is good, but not worth £75m - Shearer
Alan Shearer believes Liverpool have paid over the odds for Southampton defender Virgil van Dijk.
The Dutch international will join the Merseyside club when the transfer window re-opens on 1 January in a world record £75m deal.
Former England captain Shearer says Liverpool have had to pay so much because “they’re desperate for a centre-half”.
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