Positive news on the injury front has been rationed this season from a Liverpool perspective as the Reds have suffered more than anyone with blows to key players.
As the prospect of playing out the remainder of the 2020/21 campaign without his first-choice central defensive pairing looms large for Jurgen Klopp, the manager delivered a promising update over Virgil van Dijk at least.
Despite being unable to put an exact timeframe on the 29-year-old’s potential return, Klopp was upbeat over the Netherlands captain and hopes have been raised among many fans that they may see Van Dijk in action again this season.
As per Goal.com, the Liverpool manager outlined:
He looks really good. I spoke to him this morning on the phone, and he is in a really good mood. It’s all very promising, but I don’t know when he will be back.
For sure there are still a lot of stages to go and to clear. I had this injury myself, so I know. But for the time we are in, and for how long he is out now, and the rehabilitation, he looks really, really promising.
The archetypal ‘Rolls Royce’ among centre-backs has been a huge miss for the Premier League champions, if not in terms of shipping goals then certainly for the effect he has on those around him.
Plenty of Liverpool fans on Twitter have reacted to Klopp’s update and there’s almost universal optimism…
Twitter: @LFC Can’t wait for you to come back better than before
(@LFC74999848)
Twitter: @LFC @Pinder1993 The big man, be back better than ever
(@LukeHolliday13)
Twitter: @LFC Announce him starting tomorrow (@Ally_Osborne12)
Twitter: @LFC I miss him (@LFCJosh23)
Twitter: @LFC So technically he could be starting tomorrow? (@axd12i)
Twitter: Come on man @VirgilvDijk we need you desperately https://t.co/XJoz3q4DXj (@sathyanarayon)
