£9.37 MILLION WINDFALL AS LIVERPOOL SIGN VAN DIJK

LIVERPOOL FC have this evening confirmed that they have signed Virgil van Dijk from Southampton with the fee being in the range of £75 million.

Manchester City had started the day with a bid for £60 million but Liverpool, who have been determined to secure the services of the former Celtic star for almost a year, moved swiftly to get their Dutchman.

The colossal transfer fee is a world record for a defender and will see Celtic

Peter Lawwell will be delighted that his sell-on clause had paid so handsome a dividend and the emphasis must now be to reward Brendan Rodgers for the outstanding job he has done domestically to allow him to strengthen to make Celtic more ‘Champions League’ ready for next season.

NEW CQN PODCAST OUT NOW! CHRISTMAS JUMPERS FOR GOALPOSTS

Paul John Dykes and Kevin Graham are joined by Celtic authors, Stephen Sullivan and Stevie Murray for a special festive episode – Christmas Jumpers for Goal-Posts.

Stephen Sullivan is a former Celtic View reporter who wrote the much-lauded Sean Fallon biography, ‘Iron Man’. He is now the editor of FIFA.com.

Stevie Murray has now written two books on Celtic – ‘Ten Men Won The League’ and ‘Kenny of the Celtic’ – and he is a respected and authoritative voice on the club.

Treat yourself to a signed copy of Jim Craig – Right Back to 67 and you will receive a copy of That Season on Paradise signed by Bertie Auld, just order the Jim Craig book at CQNbookstore.co.uk and we’ll do the rest…