Virgil van Dijk has signed a brand new contract with Liverpool to maintain him on the membership past 2024-25.
The Liverpool captain’s present deal had been as a consequence of expire on the finish of the season, and like Mohamed Salah, who signed a brand new contract final week, he has put pen to paper on a two-year deal.
Van Dijk joined Liverpool from Southampton for a then-world-record price for a defender (£75million) in January 2018 and has since made 314 appearances in all competitions.
Since he made his Liverpool debut in January 2018, Van Dijk has made the second-most clearances of any Premier League defender (997), trailing solely James Tarkowski (1,435).
Solely Tarkowski (1,811) has gained extra duels amongst defenders within the top-flight in that point than Van Dijk (1,227), with the centre-back having performed a component in 97 league clear sheets.
Van Dijk has additionally scored 27 objectives for Liverpool in all competitions. That’s extra objectives than some other Premier League defender has scored in all competitions in the identical time (Matt Doherty second on 23).
“I’m very joyful, very proud,” Van Dijk instructed the membership web site. “There are such a lot of feelings, clearly, that undergo my head proper now, talking about it.
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“It’s a proud feeling; it’s a sense of pleasure. It’s simply unbelievable. The journey I’ve had to date in my profession, to have the ability to lengthen it with one other two years at this membership is superb, and I’m so joyful.
“It was all the time Liverpool. That was the case. It was all the time in my head, it was all the time the plan, and it was all the time Liverpool.
“There wasn’t any doubt in my head that that is the place to be for me and my household. I’m one in every of Liverpool. Somebody referred to as me the opposite day an adopted Scouser – I’m actually proud to listen to these items, it offers me a fantastic feeling.”
Van Dijk has gained the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and two EFL Cups, in addition to the UEFA Tremendous Cup and the FIFA Membership World Cup.
He’s additionally on the verge of captaining Liverpool to a second Premier League trophy, as they sit 13 factors clear on the prime of the desk with six video games left to play.
