Former Celtic manager Neil Lennon has revealed he did not expect centre-back Virgil van Dijk to stay at Parkhead on a long-term basis.
The Dutchman was acquired from Groningen in 2013 for just £1.75m ($2m), and spent two years in Glasgow, but it quickly became apparent that he was destined to fulfil his potential outside of Glasgow.
Southampton ended up taking him to England in Scotland in 2015, before a record-breaking £75 million ($97m) transfer saw him join the ranks at Anfield in January 2018.
That deal raised a few eyebrows at the time, but not with Lennon who told BT Sport of the Netherlands international: “I was really surprised that no one came in earlier for him when he was at Celtic.