Virgil van Dijk trains ahead of Club World Cup final

Virgil van Dijk trained with his teammates on Friday morning ahead of the Club World Cup final on Saturday afternoon.

The Dutch international missed the 2-1 semi-final win over Monterrey due to illness, which meant that Jordan Henderson was forced to deputise at centre-back alongside Joe Gomez as Fabinho, Dejan Lovren and Joel Matip are all out injured.

There were fears that Van Dijk could miss the final if he wasn’t able to train before the game on Saturday afternoon but those worries should now be eased as he did take part in Friday’s session.

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It goes without saying that Liverpool are a better team with Van Dijk in the starting lineup-up as any side would be better off with him.

However, his importance has been highlighted even more due to the unavailability of Fabinho, Lovren and Matip so it is great to see him back training and hopefully he’ll be able to start Saturday’s final.