Virgil Van Dijk
Van Dijk reveals how Liverpool will stop Lionel Messi after Porto win
Virgil van Dijk believes Liverpool must defend ‘together’ as a unit against Lionel Messi when they fight Barcelona for a place in this year’s Champions League final. Liverpool sealed their spot in the final four with a 6-1 aggregate win over Porto on Wednesday after Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino and Van Dijk all […]
Liverpool give update on Van Dijk ankle injury
Jürgen Klopp is hopeful on Virgil van Dijk’s fitness after the defender sustained an injury late on during Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Tottenham. Van Dijk collided with Moussa Sissoko while successfully defending a two-on-one Tottenham counter-attack in the 85th minute of Sunday’s gane at Anfield. The Reds went on to win the match in dramatic […]
Vidic: ‘Phil Jones is better than Van Dijk’
Nemanja Vidic said he would not swap any of Manchester United’s defenders for Virgil van Dijk or his Liverpool team-mates, while praising Victor Lindelof. United led the Premier League with 19 clean sheets in 2017-18 yet their goal has been breached in all but six of their 26 matches this season. Despite that, Lindelof has […]
Virgil van Dijk breaks silence on tunnel bust-up with Sokratis
Virgil van Dijk insists he will always be entitled defend his team-mates after getting into a bust-up with Arsenal defender Sokratis during Liverpool’s match with Arsenal on Saturday. Sokratis was confronting Mohamed Salah in the tunnel at half-time after the Liverpool forward won a penalty to ensure Arsenal were behind 4-1 at the break. Arsenal’s […]
Why Arsenal rejected the chance to sign Virgil van Dijk for just £12m
Arsenal were given the chance to sign Virgil van Dijk for just £12million but rejected him over fears he was ‘too nonchalant’ for the Premier League. The Liverpool centre-back has now established himself as arguably the best centre-back in England after his record £75m transfer to Anfield last January. But plenty of clubs passed up […]
Ancelotti: Van Dijk deserved red for Mertens tackle
Napoli boss Carlo Ancelotti believes VAR would have shown Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk a red card for his challenge on Dries Mertens in their key Champions League encounter on Tuesday. Van Dijk was shown just a yellow for his first-half tackle, with Liverpool going on to edge Napoli 1-0 and qualify for the next […]
Virgil van Dijk aims dig at Sergio Ramos
Virgil van Dijk has talked on Dejan Lovren’s feud with Sergio Ramos, describing the Real Madrid captain as “not my type of defender”. Lovren mocked Ramos in the lead up to Croatia’s Nations League win over Spain on Thursday, saying the Madrid defender is made to look better by team-mates, and took another dig after […]
Virgil van Dijk: Any Liverpool player who doesn’t like Klopp’s rotation system should leave
Virgil van Dijk has said Liverpool’s players can cope with manager Jurgen Klopp’s ruthless squad rotation, conceding the only alternative would be to exit the club. Klopp has made a several changes throughout Liverpool’s unbeaten start to the campaign, which, even though the winning run came to an end, was extended to seven Premier League […]
Jurgen Klopp provides update on Van Dijk injury
Virgil Van Dijk was unable to continue the game and had to be subbed off four minutes later, with Joe Gomez coming on to replace him. However, Liverpool head coach Jurgen Klopp expressed his confidence that the injury is unlikely to keep the influential defender on the sidelines for long. “He already had a bruise […]