Rumour Mongering: Liverpool Ready to Pay €30M for Lille’s Sven Botman Share this story Photo by Baptiste Fernandez/Icon Sport via Getty Images Earlier this week, Virgil van Dijk took to social media to let Liverpool fans know he’s hard at work rehabilitating following surgery to repair his anterior cruciate ligament. The reality, though, remains that without the star Dutch colossus or promising young teammate Joe Gomez, Liverpool are dangerously thin at centre half with nearly two-thirds of the season left to play. In the circumstances, rumours linking them with a January move for a defender are hardly surprising, and this week brings with it a new name to add to the list of potential signings: Lille’s 20-year-old Dutch U20 international Sven Botman.