The next few months are going to be long for Liverpool. The Mersey club will have to do without its defensive star Virgil van Dijk, injured in knee ligaments after a shock with Jordan Pickford on Saturday in the Premier League against Everton (3-3). Jürgen Klopp, the coach of the Reds, returned on Monday to the injury to his Dutch rock.
Klopp suffered the same injury
“It’s always the same, the players prefer to be alone in these moments, to accept the news, explained Klopp. I’ve been in this business long enough to know that. I was injured, I had exactly the same I believe and this is not a time when you are very talkative. ” Virgil van Dijk will miss several months of competition before returning to the pitch with the Reds and Klopp did not want to estimate a potential date for his return.
“Like a woman waits for her husband when he is in prison”
The club left the player some privacy in this difficult moment, but also assured him of their support. “We’re in touch of course,” Klopp added. “We’re there for him, he knows it, and we’ll wait for him like a wife waits for her husband when he’s in jail. Doing everything to make it as easy as possible. possible for him. ”
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