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Last Friday, the football world was shaken by Jürgen Klopp’s announcement. After nine years of good and loyal service, the German coach will leave Liverpool at the end of the season despite having two years of contract remaining. An explosion for many and in particular for certain Reds. And Virgil van Dijk is one of them.
Recruited by Klopp during the winter of 2018 in exchange for €84.5 million, the former Southampton resident has become one of the emblematic captains of the Klopp era at Anfield. Faced with the future departure of his coach, the Batavian also confided on the Reds website that the news was “difficult to accept, because the manager means a lot to us, to me, to the club, to the whole Premier League, I think”.
The big clean-up at the Reds?
Since then, the 32-year-old player, whose contract runs until 2025, has come out of silence again. Asked about his future on the banks of the Mersey, the Dutch international (64 caps, 7 goals) admitted that he did not know if he was part of the plans of the owners of the English club, the Fenway Sports Group. And for the Telegraphwho transcribed the player’s comments, Van Dijk affirms that it is not excluded to see him follow in Klopp’s footsteps at the end of the season.
“That’s a big question. I don’t know. The club will have a big job to do, everyone knows that. To replace the manager, and not just the manager, the staff will leave, and there are so many things that will change. The club therefore has its work cut out for it and I am very curious to know in which direction it will take. But when it is announced we will see our situation, I cannot say now. It is obvious that this will be the end of the Jürgen Klopp era. I’m very happy to still be a part of it. That’s why I don’t like talking about it. I’m still part of it. That’s my main goal today and we’ll see at the end of the season. I hope we will have the success we all dream of and fight for every day. By then there will probably be more clarity on what the club wants for the future and we’ll see then. » To be continued.
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