Virgil van Dijk has signed a two-year contract extension which’ll preserve him at Liverpool till June 2027 – however even that mightn’t be the tip of his story at Anfield.
The membership captain has emulated Mo Salah by penning a brand new deal for one more couple of seasons, with the long-serving duo renewing their respective commitments to Arne Slot’s aspect effectively into their mid-30s.
At that time, the LFC hierarchy could also be compelled to look in the direction of life after the pair and recruit replacements who’d be able to filling the big voids that their eventual departures will depart, however fortunately that undesirable second has been postponed for one more whereas.
Van Dijk might but keep at Liverpool past 2027
In an article for The Occasions detailing how Van Dijk’s new contract happened, Paul Joyce talked about how the Dutchman isn’t essentially pondering alongside the traces of ‘two years and out’ by agreeing to remain at Liverpool till 2027.
The journalist wrote: ‘He’ll now stay at Liverpool till near his thirty sixth birthday, although doesn’t intend for his affiliation to finish in the summertime of 2027.
‘The Netherlands worldwide has performed each minute within the Premier League this season and a regimented restoration course of, one which regularly sees him report on days off for additional therapy and likewise includes the usage of ice baths and a cryotherapy chamber, means he feels that he can keep on enjoying at an elite degree for a few years to come back. Thiago Silva was showing final season for Chelsea on the age of 39.’
Van Dijk has loads extra years left in him on the highest degree
The Brazilian defender isn’t the one footballer to have rubbished the notion that gamers are completed at an elite degree as soon as they hit their mid-30s.
Cristiano Ronaldo continues to be scoring often at 40, even when it’s within the Saudi Professional League, and Lionel Messi (38 in June) has proven no indicators of slowing down with Inter Miami. In the meantime, Robert Lewandowski (36) has been as prolific as ever within the Champions League this season, a event that Luka Modric (now 39) gained with Actual Madrid final 12 months.
Van Dijk doesn’t flip 34 till July, so he nonetheless conceivably has one other 5 years left in him at an elite degree, particularly when – as Gorst detailed – his dedication to the job sees him go above and past what’s anticipated of him.
For the Liverpool captain to rediscover the world-class requirements that he set within the two years previous to his nine-month ACL damage arising from Jordan Pickford’s horrific lunge in October 2020, is a testomony to his enduring brilliance, and the Reds are extremely lucky to have had such a rare participant for the majority of his profession.
For now, we’re simply glad that we get to have him at Anfield for one more couple of seasons. To maintain him past the tip of his present deal would signify scrumptious icing atop an already pleasant cake!
