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Captain of Liverpool, the Dutch central defender Virgil Van Dijk extended for two additional seasons with Liverpool, a new good news for the Reds after that of Mohammed Salah.
Liverpool announced the extension for two years of his defensive captain and rock virgil van Dijk on Friday, six days after a similar development concerning the attack star Mohamed Salah, whose previous contract was also ended at the end of the current season.
Unlike Egyptian, at the heart of an endless soap for the 33 -year -old Dutchman has never maintained the vagueness concerning his future in Anfield, where he has been playing since January 2018. “It has always been in my head, it has always been the plan and it has always been Liverpool ”confirmed the central rear in the club's press release, itself evoking an extension “of two additional years».
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Permanent captain since the summer of 2023, Van Dijk won seven major titles with the Reds, including the Champions League in 2019 and the Premier League in 2020. He wore the Liverpool jersey 314 times (27 goals). Over the years he has become a central character of Liverpool, like Mohamed Salah, who arrived six months earlier than him on the banks of the Mersey.
«The other day, someone told me that I was a Scouser (the nickname of the inhabitants of Liverpool, editor's note) of adoption. I am very proud to hear this kind of thing, it gives me an incredible feeling“Commented Van Dijk, a former Celtic Glasgow and Southampton player.
The Dutchman guides the current second best defense of the Premier League, behind Arsenal, with his French teammate Ibrahima Konaté. Six days from the end of the championship, Liverpool, first, has thirteen points ahead of the Gunners, a gap which ensures almost the title, five years after the last, acquired in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Unlike 2020, supporters will this time be able to celebrate this domestic triumph at the stage and in the streets, with more stable future prospects. The end of contract of defender Trent Alexander-Arnold, courted by Real Madrid according to the specialized press, is the only cloud which still clogs the blue sky of the Reds.
Coach Arne Slot, successor to Jürgen Klopp, will be keen to do better next season in the Champions League, after being eliminated this year by Paris Saint-Germain in the round of 16.
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