Virgil van Dijk on a training camp with Liverpool | Football

sport">The captain of the Dutch national team has almost recovered from the serious knee injury he sustained in October last year. Van Dijk had to rehabilitate for the rest of the season and also missed the European Championship. De Brabander has been training individually in recent weeks.

sport">The 30-year-old defender belongs to the group of 34 players that manager Jürgen Klopp is taking to Austria. A few internationals are missing because of participation in the European Championship or the Copa América. Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane, among others, will join us. The French purchase Ibrahima Konaté, transferred from RB Leipzig for more than 40 million euros, is also part of the group. The 22-year-old defender has taken over the jersey number 5 from the departed Georginio Wijnaldum.

sport">“We use this training camp to start everything up,” said Pepijn Lijnders, Klopp’s Dutch assistant. “All conditions to prepare the team are of a high level in Austria.” Liverpool finished third in the Premier League last season and had to relinquish the title to Manchester City.

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