Jürgen Klopp to talk to Virgil van Dijk about hostile Southampton return

• Van Dijk upset Southampton last summer with transfer request
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Jürgen Klopp believes the acrimonious nature of Virgil van Dijk’s departure from Southampton requires him to speak to the £75m defender before Sunday’s game at St Mary’s.

Van Dijk returns to his former club for the first time, six weeks after leaving to become Liverpool’s record signing and the most expensive defender in world football. Klopp, usually unconcerned at such reunions for his players, will make an exception for the Netherlands international owing to the immediacy and circumstances surrounding the transfer.

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