Liverpool defender and Netherlands international Virgil van Dijk has given an answer as to how close he was to signing for Sunderland back in 2015 in a recent interview with Gary Neville.
The 31-year-old is now considered to be one of, if not the best centre-back in the world and could've signed for the Black Cats had he not chosen to move down south to St. Mary's to join Southampton for a reported fee of £13 million.
He spent two seasons at Southampton before being signed by Liverpool for a reported fee of £75 million - a world record fee for a defender at the time.
