Liverpool may have identified Virgil van Dijk successor in Sevilla defender

Loic Bade remains a Sevilla player for now but the interest in the 24-year-old defender is growing with Liverpool among the clubs believed to be keen.

Sevilla were asking for €20m from any clubs wishing to buy Bade across the recently closed transfer window but that figure is expected to rise.

Bade recently agreed a new five-year deal with Sevilla, giving the club some security against the loss of one of their star men.

His talents are no secret with Stuttgart also believed to be interested in the player who joined Sevilla last term from Stade Rennais who had sent the defender out on loan at Sevilla the campaign before.

  have reported that Liverpool considers Bade to be a fit replacement for Virgil van Dijk, who could leave the Premier League power…