Remember when Van Dijk almost joined Brighton? #shorts

Brighton could've changed Premier League history forever when they had the chance to sign Virgil van Dijk!

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00:00Did you know that Virgil van Dijk almost signed for Brighton for just £3 million?

00:05In 2013 Brighton was still in the championship and they were eyeing Virgil van Dijk while he

00:09was still in the Netherlands. Manager at the time Gus Poirier flew out to Groningen and knew

00:13instantly he was something special but Brighton back then couldn't afford the fee so they pulled

00:18out and he went up to Celtic and then fast forward Van Dijk went to Southampton then Liverpool for

00:23£75 million in 2018 and went on to win the Premier League, Champions League and Brighton

00:28who have changed everything and appraised for their transfer recruitment now missed out on a true

00:32gem back then. A lot of people associate Van Dijk to being one of the best Premier League centre-backs

00:37there ever has been. So could you imagine Brighton back then in the championship fairly irrelevant in

00:42the grand scheme of the Premier League building a team around Van Dijk's leadership defensive

00:46solidarity it could have completely rewritten the entire Brighton trajectory and totally redefined

00:51the smart scouting. But hey they normally get it right more often than not but at least they

00:55identify them in the first place.