Liverpool chief exec Peter Moore has revealed how he copped pelters from local fans after almost messing up the Virgil van Dijk deal.

Moore made the revelation at the World Football Summit.

He said, "I had been at work for a few days, I had been away for 40 years. And we were trying to sign Virgil Van Dijk for the first time and we got into a little mess with Southampton.

"We made an apology because we were supposedly wrong about things. Well, I went out for coffee, I found a Starbucks and I was walking back with a coffee in each hand and suddenly a scouser coming along the road yells at me: 'Instead of buying a Starbucks, you should have bought f***ing Van Dijk, damn jerk'.

"So there I was with a coffee in each hand and I was back with Liverpool's acid humor again!"