Rumour Mongering: Virgil van Dijk Targeted by Galatasaray

Liverpool are limping towards the end of the 2025-26 season, a side set to qualify for the Champions League yet one that too often appears limp, tired, and still without a tactical identity in May, and what the future might hold for this group is massively uncertain.

The club continue to signal their unwavering support for embattled head coach Arne Slot despite that the Dutch trainer appears to have lost the faith of Anfield, but while Slot may be staying the club appear set to clear out an awful lot of players in the coming months.

Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson are certain to leave. Alisson Becker and Cirtus Jones and Joe Gomez and Alexis Mac Allister could join them. And then there’s captain Virgil van Dijk, who has a year left on his contract but could also maybe be moving on.

It’s worth noting up front the chatter on the Van Dijk front far more speculative, a smattering of questionably sourced rumours in Turkish outlets this week claiming Galatasaray interest, but that talk has since been passed along by English outlets like The Echo.

Previously, there were also whispers Van Dijk could follow the example of Salah and mutually agree to terminate his contract, forgoing the final year in favour of a move to the continent. What Liverpool would look like if even half these departures go through is worrying.