Liverpool skipper Virgil van Dijk was allegedly holding out for a call from Real Madrid before he put pen to paper on his contract extension at Anfield. This bombshell revelation comes just hours before the two football giants go head-to-head in the Champions League, with rumours suggesting that after no interest was shown by Los Blancos, the Dutch defender accepted Liverpool's offer.

Van Dijk found himself in the middle of a season-long impasse over his future at Anfield as his contract, along with those of Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah, were due to expire at the end of the campaign. In the end, Salah and Van Dijk chose to stay on Merseyside and signed new contracts, while the England right-back decided to part ways with the club as he joined Tuesday night's rivals, Real Madrid.

Alexander-Arnold is expected to make a comeback against his old team in the upcoming round of Champions League matches, and according to AS, things could have turned out differently. The publication alleges that Van Dijk was waiting for a conversation with the Spanish titans, and his representatives reached out to the club about a potential transfer.

However, when...