Please can everyone chill out on the price. Mustafi, Rudiger and Lindelof all cost around £35 million and were less in demand than Van Dijk was. And City spend almost £50 million on their back four signings these days. Sakho (with no future after a public fallout) went for almost £30 million, and Jonny Evans was being discussed at £35 million this summer.
We've paid a premium to get him ahead of Chelsea and City, and part of us beating them to him was the announcement we made it the summer. It meant it was delayed a few months, and cost us almost £10 million extra, but this is a huge success for Klopp - he's being supported financially and by the backroom staff. I'm glad we've got him his man, and don't care that we've had to spend a lot of money (that we've earned) to do it.