Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko te whaainga a Arsenal a Virgil van Dijk me whai kia neke atu ki tetahi o nga roopu Premier League e ono mena ka wehe atu ia i a Celtic i tenei raumati, e ai ki a John Hartson. Kua honoa a Van Dijk ki etahi karapu i te rererangi teitei o Ingarangi i tenei waa me Sunderland me Everton e rua e utu ana i te kirimana ki te haina i te 23-tau-tau i te matapihi whakawhiti o Hanuere. I te marama kua hipa, i kite a Southampton i te kaitautoko o te pokapū o Netherlands i te wa o te 3-3 o Celtic ki Inter Milan i te Rōpū Europa. Ka taea e te kaitiaki o Celtic a Virgil van Dijk (maui) te takaro mo tetahi taha o te Premier League e ono, e ai ki a John Hartson. E whakapono ana hoki a Hartson kei te rite te pai o te 23-tau-tawhito ki a Laurent Koscielny (maui) Arsenal i uiui ano mo te kaitautoko i mua i te hainatanga o Gabriel Paulista mai i Villarreal. A ko Hartson, i takaro mo nga Gunners me Celtic, e whakapono ana ko Van Dijk he rite tonu ki a Laurent Koscielny o te roopu tuatahi o Arsenal. He pai ki ahau a Virgil nui. Ki taku whakaaro ko ia te kohinga katoa. He tere ia, ka taea e ia te peke me te tiaki i a ia, 'i kii te kaitakaro o mua o Wales. He tino pai te mahi a Celtic ki te pupuri i a ia i te raumati. He mahi tino pai tēnei na Ronny Deila [manager], e kore nei e kore kua whai kupu ia ki tana taringa, a ka mea ki a ia: "Mēnā ka hoatu e koe ki ahau tētahi atu tau ki te 18 marama, ka taea e koe te neke". 'Ka whakapai tonu ia ki a Celtic, ā, ka tae ki te wā, ka noho ia hei kaitiaki pokapū taumata-nui, ka whai pānga ki te maha o ngā karapu. 'He tangata tino pai ia? He rite ia ki a Laurent Koscielny o tēnei ao? Ki taku whakaaro, e tika ana. Ki taku whakaaro, he kaitākaro ia o te Rōpū Pirimia. He tino aroha ahau.' Ko Van Dijk (matau) kua aro atu ki nga Gunners, Southampton, Everton me Sunderland i enei ra.
Ko te kaitiaki pokapū o Celtic a Virgil van Dijk i kitea e Southampton. Ko Everton rāua ko Sunderland i whakawāteatia i roto i te hokinga mai o te marama o Hānuere. I uiui a Arsenal mo te 23-tau-tau i mua i te hainatanga o Gabriel Paulista.