Chelsea target Virgil van Dijk wants to join Liverpool according to recent reports in England.
The Dutchman was heavily linked with a move to Anfield before the Reds apologised for making an illegal move to sign him.
But the 26-year-old wants to enjoy Champions League football next season and has identified Liverpool as the club where he wants to go.
Meanwhile, Liverpool legend John Aldridge has urged the defender to strike to force through a move to Liverpool.
"Players and their agents hold all the power these days and if he says he won't kick another ball for Southampton and demands a move, it will happen," he is quoted as saying by Mirror.
"Tapping up goes on all the time in the game and even if Liverpool went a bit far in their pursuit of Van Dijk before they spoke to Southampton, I don't believe this transfer story is dead in the water.
"Van Dijk needs to make the next move and I reckon he will tell Southampton that he wants out and he wants to go to Liverpool.
"I don't like the way the game has gone in some ways and players can hold clubs to ransom if they want a move and big money offers are coming in, but that is the way of the world now.
"I still see this transfer happening one way or the other and I certainly hope it does because I'd like to have seen a little more movement from Liverpool in the transfer market this summer."
