Liverpool: ‘Operation Virgil van Dijk successful’ | Football

sport">Now that the first step towards recovery has been taken, the question in Liverpool – and the Netherlands – will arise when Van Dijk will take the field again. However, the club cannot yet give an indication of how long the rehabilitation process will take. Van Dijk is expected to have to wait months for his return.

sport">In mid-October, Van Dijk was seriously injured on his knee. The captain of Orange was beaten hard by Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford during the Merseyside Derby. In that action Van Dijk tore his anterior cruciate ligament.

sport">“I will do everything I can to return as soon as possible”, said Van Dijk himself earlier. “I monitor my rehabilitation process from day to day. My focus is entirely on that. I will return. ”

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