Conte: Chelsea wanted Van Dijk


Conte: Chelsea wanted Van Dijk

Virgil van Dijk Liverpool Everton
Chelsea manager Antonio Conte has admitted that the Blues were interested in Virgil van Dijk before the centre-back made his £75 million move to Liverpool from Southampton earlier this month. 
"For sure he was our target but as you know this is football. We can have a lot of targets but you must be able to reach those targets," Conte said. 

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