When Crystal Palace missed the chance to sign £5million Virgil van Dijk years before Liverpool

Former Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock has revisited the time he and his scouting department passed up on the chance to sign Virgil van Dijk for £5million in 2014.

The Liverpool defender had the chance to move to the Premier League after a strong first season in Scotland with Celtic in 2013/14 where he made 47 appearances in all competitions and won his first Scottish Premiership title. At the same time, Warnock was returning to Selhurst Park for a second spell to manage the Eagles, who had recently parted ways with Tony Pulis after just under nine months in charge.

The 73-year-old, who retired from management at the end of last season, arrived at Palace in late August but still managed to make three signings after coming through the door, taking Zeki Fryers from Spurs, James McArthur from Wigan and bringing club legend Andy Johnson back on a short-term deal.

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Things didn’t go well for Warnock as he lasted just four months in the job following a poor run of form that saw Palace ending up in the bottom three at Christmas, but it might have all gone differently had he and his coaching staff not passed up on the deal to sign van Dijk.