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Former Premier League poacher Charlie Austin explained how Virgil van Dijk nearly joined Manchester United before making his way to Merseyside.

However, the Red Devils ultimately chose to bring in Victor Lindelof rather than continue their pursuit of the Dutchman. Liverpool legend Van Dijk, 34, had already spent two years at St. Mary's when rumours surfaced linking him with a United switch in the summer of 2017. In an alternate reality, the defender might have been found himself in the visitors' changing room this Sunday as United travel to Anfield.

Yet when United couldn't strike an agreement for the Netherlands international, they turned to Benfica's Lindelof. And Austin has since disclosed how a transfer that might have dramatically altered the fortunes of two

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