Today we bring you something different, the story of the Virgil Van Dijk transfer in numbers ! So if you want the real statistics of this seemingly never ending saga then read on.

Do you look at numbers and think you see a patterm emerging ? No ! good me neither, so perhaps if there is someone out there who can spot one they can get in touch.

Anyway here are the numbers.

0 - The number of public utterances Virgil Van Dijk has made about leaving Southampton, also the number of apparent f*cks he appears to give about the club that has paid him well to do nothing the last 7 months and the number of bids Liverpool have made for him.

1 - The number of baskets Jurgen Klopp has his eggs in when it comes to buying a central defender.

2. The number of boots that Matt Le Tissier wore in each game and subsequently the number that Van Dijk is not fit to lick.

3. The number of stories per day that the Liverpool Echo publishes about Van Dijk at the behest of it's paymaster.

4. Teachers Van Dijk has had in being taught to behave like a spoilt c***, the professors he has had are Dejan Lovren, Victor Wanyama, Pablo Osvaldo & Jose Fonte.

6 - Number of stories in June suggesting what squad numbers were free for Van Dijk to have when he joined Liverpool, a deal that was apparently very close to happening.

7 - The shirt number of the ex Saints player who has Liverpool fans in his pocket on twitter.

9 - The odds for VVW to stay at St Mary's are currently 9/2 on Skybet making us second favourites after Liverpool at 2/7, if we were Liverpool fans in Asia we would be pointing this out as conclusive proof that we are a bigger club than Barcelona at 25/1, Chelsea at 13/2, any German club at 20/1 and Real Madrid at 66/1.

10 - The number of times Klopp has remained adamant in the press this week.

17 - Van Dijk's shirt number during his time at St Mary's, at one time it looked like when he finally left it would be retired and hung up in the hall of fame, now it is likely to be retired, burn't and like the number 13 is considered unlucky as it was how many were at the last supper, it will now be a number never uttered by Saints fans again.

21 - Number of sources "close to player" dwarfed by sources "close to club" (see 231)

25 - The number of years (plus another 10 months) that Virgil Van Dijk lived before he suddenly realised that Liverpool were a bigger club than Chelsea, Man City, Barcelona and Real Madrid (put together).

68 - Total number of appearances that Van Dijk has made for Saints in all competitions.

69 - His 69th game for the club will be his most significant .

78 - Average number of nationalities on the Kop for a Liverpool home game.

137 - The number of ex Liverpool players who have publicly said that they not only have been told a deal is close but that it would be in the players best interest to move from a club like Southampton to a club like Liverpool.

196 - The number of countries in the World where Liverpool have rabid self righteous fans who have been on twitter demanding that we stop holding Van Dijk hostage and let him have his dream move. Although technically speaking it could be said to be 195 as many countries don't recognise Taiwan or 194 as I don't think you can get twitter in North Korea.

203 - Van Dijk's weight in lbs

231 - Number of sources "close to club"

666 - The squad number that Van Dijk should get if he goes to Anfield, that is if Dejan Lovren will relinquish it.

1910 - Rudyard Kipling published "IF" in 1910, a poem that it is assumed that Van Dijk has never read.

1991 - The year that Virgil Van Dijk was born in, also considered unlucky by older Saints fans as it was the year that Ian Branfoot joined Saints, both events happening within one month of each other, talk about appocalypse now !

7,000,0000(£) - The number of reasons why Virgil Van Dijk won't put in a transfer request.

10,000,000(£) - The number of reasons why Celtic want this transfer to go through, co incidentally only 10,000,000 more than they have serious rivals to win the Scottish league these days, nothing like competitive football eh !

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SaintBrock added 09:49 - Jul 28 Not again Nick... please not again!
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SaintPaulVW added 10:18 - Jul 28 It's getting a bit bitter. Young man who has had his head turned by experienced people who should know better. Hopefully he'll sort himself out and crack on for us next season. After all, he's going nowhere.
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helpineedsomebody added 10:34 - Jul 28 the owner is not going to turn down millions of pounds just to teach him a lesson plus it will get sfc officials off the hook having said he is not for sale the club will not be investing any money in this squad becouse mr dof has high hopes in this team for the coming season.
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derbydog added 10:35 - Jul 28 If he's not available to play he shouldn't be paid. Club should refer situation to PFA and ask them to tell him to honour his contract. Simples!
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Jesus_02 added 10:36 - Jul 28 Honest, from the heart, a final realisation by Nick that LFC are no longer the class they where and no longer represent the cheeky la's with which we share a docking heritage with. I like it
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ericofarabia added 10:41 - Jul 28 Good work matey ....... made e smile ;-)
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Sanguin added 11:25 - Jul 28 I can’t wait for the transfer window to be over so we can stop this kind of vitriolic nonsense and go back to hurling abuse at our players and manager.
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SaintNick added 11:46 - Jul 28 The word to remember from the past summers is PATIENCE in the mean time chill out and have a laugh
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Lazz added 15:56 - Jul 28 Who's this monk geezer spouting crap about van djik. A respected user of a Southampton fan forum known as ‘Monk’, who correctly told fans about van Dijk going on strike before the papers did, has claimed this afternoon that ‘the deal is done’. The Dutchman is already training on his own after telling Southampton he wants to leave, with Liverpool the only club he wants to join.

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A_Saint_in_Stoke added 07:16 - Jul 31 Pathetic - Is the only way, to sum up, the VVD saga ... How can a guy who signed a six-year contract .... suddenly feel that he wants away - while being injured and being looked after and paid by the club who is willing to pay him for the next few years.This is another example of "The agent factor " and these so called " professionals " being paid an excessive amount of money! AGENTS in my view are KILLING our beloved game, how can it be right that Pogba's agent received a reported £40 million pounds! and with our lower leagues are being squeezed, and in desperate need for income.WHY doesn't our board instead of saying "will look to Kevin Wimmer if they lose Virgil van Dijk this summer" give the fans a boost and just buy him whatever happens to VVD? as a replacement for Fonte?

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