Former Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho wanted to sign Virgil van Dijk before his £75million move to Liverpool in 2017, but the Old Trafford chiefs were not prepared to shell out on the highly-rated Dutchman, according to Chris Kamara.
Speaking on the BBC's 'Proper Football Podcast', Kamara revealed that he once advised the Portuguese coach to sign Van Dijk following his fruitful spells at Southampton and Celtic, but Mourinho simply dismissed the idea, confident his bosses would not grant sufficient funds for the transfer.
'I can exclusively reveal that I told Jose [Mourinho] to take him to Manchester United and Jose said, "These lot won't give me the money for him.