{"id":232536,"date":"2025-07-02T17:22:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T17:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/232536\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T17:22:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T17:22:11","slug":"virgil-van-dijk-makes-jarell-quansah-feelings-clear-with-wordless-liverpool-transfer-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/232536\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgil van Dijk makes Jarell Quansah feelings clear with wordless Liverpool transfer message"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest Liverpool FC transfer news following Jarell Quansah&#8217;s confirmed departure to Bayer Leverkusen.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_Jarell-Quansah-file-photo.jpg\" alt=\"Jarell Quansah in action for Liverpool. \" loading=\"eager\" \/>Jarell Quansah has left Liverpool to sign for Bayer Leverkusen.(Image: PA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Jarell Quansah shared an emotional message for <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/liverpool-fc\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> fans following his confirmed \u00a335million transfer to Bayer Leverkusen, which received a response from <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/virgil-van-dijk\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Virgil van Dijk<\/a>. The Reds officially confirmed the sale of the centre-back on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The Bundesliga club will pay an initial \u00a330m, with an additional \u00a35million in success-based add-ons. <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/jarell-quansah-joins-bayer-leverkusen-31961994\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool have also negotiated a buy-back clause<\/a> for the 22-year-old &#8211; reportedly valued at around \u00a351m &#8211; which won&#8217;t come into effect until 2027, according to German reports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Quansah&#8217;s departure from <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/anfield\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Anfield<\/a> marks the end of a 17-year association. The defender joined the club, aged five, in 2008, but he&#8217;s now moving on to pastures new.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/anthony-gordon-drops-new-hint-31978667\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anthony Gordon drops new hint about future as Liverpool reject fresh Luis Diaz approach<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/premier-league-chairman-admits-regrets-31977370\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League chairman admits he regrets selling star player to Liverpool<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">After breaking into the first-team in 2023, he made a total of 58 appearances.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">However, last season he featured in just 13 <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/all-about\/barclays-premier-league\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> games, starting only four.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The England Under-21 international was keen to gain more senior playing time elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Quansah underwent a medical on Monday following his European Under-21 Championship win with the Young Lions against Germany in Slovakia on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Taking to Instagram on Wednesday, he wrote: &#8220;From the moment I walked through the doors of the Academy at five-years old, I dreamed of one day wearing the Liverpool shirt at Anfield. 17 years later, I can now say that I have lived that dream.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;To my teammates, thank you for welcoming me, pushing me, and believing in me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I&#8217;ve learned so much from sharing the pitch, and dressing room, with such amazing people and will never forget the incredible memories we&#8217;ve had.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;To staff, the coaches, and everyone behind-the-scenes, your belief and dedication have always been a constant source of motivation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;You have helped me grow not only as a footballer, but as a person as well.&#8221;And to the fans, your support has always been unmatched. Whether at Anfield or away from home, hearing you sing never failed to inspire me. I will carry that with me wherever I go. Liverpool will always hold a special place in my heart. It&#8217;s not just a club &#8211; it&#8217;s a family! This is goodbye for now, but I&#8217;ll always be watching &#8211; once a Red, always a Red.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In response to Quansah&#8217;s post, Van Dijk replied with a simple applause emoji.<\/p>\n<p>Content cannot be displayed without consent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest Liverpool FC transfer news following Jarell Quansah&#8217;s confirmed departure to Bayer Leverkusen.Jarell Quansah has left Liverpool&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,53169,179,763,1596,16,15,1465],"class_list":{"0":"post-232536","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-jarell-quansah","12":"tag-liverpool","13":"tag-liverpool-fc","14":"tag-liverpool-fc-transfer-news","15":"tag-uk","16":"tag-united-kingdom","17":"tag-virgil-van-dijk"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114784799607410211","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232536\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}