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Drafting
Virgil van DijkCaptain of Liverpool, he is signing one of his best seasons in Anfield at 33 years old and a few months of fulfilling his current contract, which he expires in June. The Dutch defense, 78 times international, is the field footballer most used by the team that has given this course in Europe, with 2,730 minutes distributed in 31 games in which he has scored 2 goals and has given 1 assistance. At the end of 2024, Van Dijk said that “two or three more years are seen at the highest level”, an omen than for a Portuguese international veteran and former Van Dijk clubmate even falls short. José Fonteat 41 years at Casa Pia, he understood that Van Dijk is to give up “three or four more years at the highest level” and, he said, it would be an ideal market option for other leading clubs of the old continent. “Van Dijk would prosper at Real Madrid, Barcelona or Bayern Munich and I would not be surprised to see him in one of those clubs next season,” he said.
Jose Fonte and Pepe, playing with Portugal at the 2018 World Cup
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The state of form of Van dijk He has surprised his own colleagues by profession because, being Maduro, he suffered a serious injury that kept him 10 months outside the playing land in 2021. Before, he already consecrated himself as one of the most charismatic plants in the world in Liverpool, which arrived in January 2018 prior payment to the Southampton of more than 80 million euros, after having previously grown in Groningen and Celtic in Glasgow.
For Fontefor many years one of the most common couples in the axis of the defense of the Portuguese team of former Madridista Pepe and Van Dijk himself in the Southampton, has qualities and rope to undertake a new stage in another great team in Europe. “I would not be surprised to see him in one of those clubs next season, because those clubs will seek defenders that are as reliable as Van dijk And everyone will be attentive if it reaches the end of the season without signing a new contract. You can still play at the highest level and have shown that you can take care of yourself. You will have no problem following the highest level for three or four more years, “he predicted. For Fonte, Van dijk It is undoubtedly “one of the best defenders in the history of football and, even if it loses a little rhythm, it will further improve its positioning and its anticipation.”
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A few weeks ago, Van dijk He pointed out, asked about the proximity of his end of the contract, that “we will see what the future holds”, although at the same time it made it clear that Liverpool, where it is already a legend, is his house. “I love the club, the club loves me. I want fans and fans love me, everything is a very good basis for success, “he concluded at the end of December.
