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Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk(Image: Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Gus Poyet has revealed that Brighton missed out on the chance to sign Virgil van Dijk for just £3million when he was at Dutch club Groningen.

Van Dijk has developed into one of the best defenders in the world, with Liverpool shelling out £75m to sign him in 2018.

The 33-year-old is now Liverpool's captain and has helped the club win two Premier League titles, the Champions League, the FA Cup and two League Cups.



He also enjoyed a spell at Celtic where he won two Scottish Premiership titles and three seasons at Southampton.

However, Poyet has now shared that Brighton had an opportunity to sign Van Dijk when he was in charge of the Seagulls and they had not yet been promoted to the Premier League.

I got great examples of that.

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"One day, I got to the training ground, and I got a phone call from (Bloom).

Then he went to Celtic and then to Southampton.

Gus Poyet almost signed Van Dijk when he was in charge of Brighton(Image: Getty Images)

"But (Bloom) was that kind of guy who was ahead of the rest.

He knew that Van Dijk was a player who played in the first division of Holland with those characteristics, with those data, etc."

Reflecting on his relationship with Bloom, Poyet added: "He was the one I had the best understanding with.
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