Last Friday, Jurgen Klopp’s announcement rocked the football world. After nine years of good and loyal service, the German coach will leave Liverpool at the end of the season despite two years remaining on his contract. An explosion for many and especially for a certain Red. And Virgil van Dijk is one of them.
Signed by Klopp for €84.5 million during the winter of 2018, the former Southampton resident has become one of the iconic captains of the Klopp era at Anfield. Faced with the impending departure of his coach, Batavian also confided the news to the Reds website “It’s hard to accept, because the manager means a lot to us, to me, to the club, to the whole Premier League, I think”
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Since then, the 32-year-old, whose contract runs until 2025, has re-emerged from silence. Asked about his future on the Merseyside, the Dutch international (64 caps, 7 goals) admitted he did not know if he was part of the plans of the English club’s owners, Fenway Sports Group. and for TelegraphVan Dijk, who transcribed the player’s comments, insists it is not out of the question 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, everyone knows that. To change the manager, and not just the manager, the staff will leave, and there are a lot of things that will change. So the club has its work cut out for it. I’m very curious to see what direction he will take. But we’ll see where we stand when the announcement is made, I can’t say right now. It’s clear that this will be the end of the Jurgen Klopp era. I’m still one of them. Very happy to be a part. That’s why I don’t like to talk about it. I’m still a part of it. That’s my main goal today and we’ll see at the end of the season. I hope we have the success we dream of and that Fighting every day for that. By then there will probably be more clarity on what the club wants for the future and then we will see.”
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