Chịkọta isiokwu ahụ:  Onye Arsenal na-ele anya ya bụ Virgil van Dijk kwesiri ilekwasị anya n'ịhụ na ọ ga-abanye n'otu n'ime ndị isii kachasị na Premier League ma ọ bụrụ na ọ hapụ Celtic n'oge ọkọchị a, dịka John Hartson si kwuo. E jikọtara Van Dijk na ọtụtụ klọb n'ọkwa kachasị elu nke England n'oge a na Sunderland na Everton ka a na-akwụ ụgwọ maka nkwekọrịta iji banye onye dị afọ 23 na windo mbufe Jenụwarị. N'ọnwa gara aga, Southampton lekọtara onye na-agba bọọlụ n'etiti ndị Netherlands n'oge Celtic ji 3-3 merie Inter Milan na Europa League. Onye na-agbachitere Celtic bụ Virgil van Dijk (n'aka ekpe) nwere ike isonye n'otu n'ime ndị na-agba bọọlụ isii kachasị na Premier League, dịka John Hartson si kwuo. Hartson kwenyekwara na onye gbara afọ iri abụọ na atọ dị ugbu a dị ka onye na-agbachitere Arsenal Laurent Koscielny (n'aka ekpe) Arsenal chọpụtakwara banyere onye na-agbachitere tupu ịbịanye aka Gabriel Paulista site na Villarreal. Na Hartson, onye gbara Gunners na Celtic, kwenyere na Van Dijk dị mma dịka onye na-agbachitere Arsenal ugbu a bụ Laurent Koscielny. 'M hụrụ nnukwu Virgil n'anya. Echere m na ọ bụ ngwugwu zuru ezu. Ọ na-agba ọsọ, ọ nwere ike ịwụli elu ma na-agbachitere ọ dị mma, 'onye bụbu mba Wales kwuru. 'Celtic mere nke ọma ijide ya n'oge okpomọkụ. Ọ bụ azụmahịa dị ịtụnanya nke Ronny Deila, onye obi abụọ adịghị ya na ọ gwara ya okwu n'ọnụ ma gwa ya, sị: "Ọ bụrụ na i nye m otu afọ ọzọ ruo ọnwa 18, mgbe ahụ ị pụrụ ịkwaga ebe ọzọ". 'Ọ ga-anọgide na-emeziwanye ihe na Celtic ma na oge, ọ ga-aghọ onye ọkara etiti etiti nke ọtụtụ klọb ga-enwe mmasị na ya. 'Ọ̀ bụ onye a ma ama? Ọ dị mma dị ka Laurent Koscielny nke ụwa a? 'Echere m na ọ bụ. Echere m na ọ bụ otu n'ime ndị egwuregwu isii kacha mma na Premier League. Ọ na-atọ m ezigbo ụtọ.' Van Dijk (n'aka nri) enwetala mmasị n'aka ndị Gunners, Southampton, Everton na Sunderland na nso nso a.
Celtic center back Virgil van Dijk bụ onye Southampton chọtara na nso nso a. Everton na Sunderland bụ ndị a na-akwụ ụgwọ na windo nnyefe Jenụwarị. Arsenal jụrụ ajụjụ banyere onye gbara afọ iri abụọ na atọ ahụ tupu ha abịanye aka na Gabriel Paulista.