Ranking all of Chelsea's summer transfer targets

#2 Virgil van Dijk

Transfer fee: €75 million, Chances of joining: 80%

If it wasn’t for some astonishing carelessness on Liverpool’s behalf, van Dijk might have been a Red by now. After Liverpool convinced the Saints player to join them, Southampton lodged a complaint against the Anfield outfit for apparent wrongdoing in their pursuit of the player.

In response, the Reds apologised and dropped their interest in him. However, the ‘dropping the interest’ part might have been exaggerated as Jurgen Klopp still seems interested in signing the Dutchman. However, as per reports from the reliable Gianluca di Marzio, Chelsea have won the race to sign the defender.

The Dutchman is a fantastic reader of the game who can sense danger even before it arises. He is also very strong aerially and nullifies almost every aerial threat thrown at him. If he joins Chelsea, he will provide adequate cover at centre-back.

However, his price is a bit too high for someone who is most likely to be a squad player at Stamford Bridge – and that’s why he would be a 6.5/10.