Friday marks the seventh anniversary of Liverpool’s announcement that from Southampton for £75m.
Throughout his time at Anfield, the Netherlands centre-back has helped Liverpool to quite a few trophies, together with the 2019 Champions League and 2019-20 Premier League title.
Reds boss Arne Slot has spoken about how a lot Van Dijk, now Liverpool’s captain, “leads by instance” within the dressing room.
“I can solely let you know about my experiences are with him and it’s not solely what you see – since you see through the video games and he’s excellent through the video games – however he has such a huge impact in coaching classes as effectively,” mentioned Slot.
“He’s the vocal chief of the staff and each time we begin an train, he’s on high of his team-mates. He leads by instance.
“For me, he has been excellent till now and we are able to solely hope he can proceed exhibiting this through the video games and the coaching classes so long as he’s with us.”
