Former Celtic assistant coach John Collins has revealed how Arsenal rejected the chance to sign Virgil van Dijk.
The defender had been watched by various Premier League clubs during his time at Celtic Park.
However, the Premier League big guns opted against signing the centre-half and he consequently headed to Southampton in a £13million move.
While former Gunners boss Arsene Wenger was keen to land the defender, Collins claims the club's former chief scout, Steve Rowley, thought he was too “nonchalant".
“Arsenal's chief scout thought he was too nonchalant," Collins told beIN Sport.
“Maybe that was part of his game but he ticks so many of the other boxes.
“He's got pace, power, balance, distribution and he's good in the air.
“He can be a bit nonchalant but he is a quality player.
“Gary McAllister was the assistant to Brendan Rodgers at and I told him I hope you're going to come and take Virgil but Brendan didn't fancy him and didn't think he was better than what he already had.
“He would've cost around £12m – every team watched him regularly but the worry was he was showing it against Scottish players but you could tell he was strong, powerful and a well balanced player."
