Virgil Van Dijk has highlighted Liverpool’s need for a successful summer transfer window if they want to remain part of Europe’s elite.
Liverpool crashed out of the Champions League on Wednesday, with the 6-2 aggregate defeat to Real Madrid their heaviest beating over two legs since Spartak Moscow hammered them by the same in the 1992 European Cup Winners Cup.
Madrid were a class above and the directions in which both teams have travelled since meeting in the Champions League final last May was stark. Liverpool need quality reinforcements but the pressure is on the current group to preserve their top four place.