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'I Want to Play at Anfield' Claims Highly-Rated Celtic Centre-Back Dubbed Next Van Dijk

Dubbed the next Virgil van Dijk, Kristoffer Ajer has impressed for Celtic this year and has now stated his dream is to follow in Van Dijk's footsteps and play for Liverpool.

Norwegian defender Ajer has played 18 games for Celtic this season and is catching the eye of those at Celtic Park.

He will be hoping that his development under Brendan Rodgers takes a similar path that Van Dijk's did. The Dutchman came along heaps and bounds in Celtic and eventually earned his big money move to the Premier League.

The 19-year-old is currently under contract in Scotland until 2020, and he may have to wait a while for a big move to England, but in a recent Twitter Q&A he revealed that he dreams of a move to Merseyside.