Virgil van Dijk wanted to leave at Southampton last summer after serious interest from the top of the Premier League. Liverpool had the Orange-international at the top of the list, but Van Dijk didn’t want to lose the club leader of the Saints. The mandekker submitted a transfer request, which was not complied with. After a temporary expulsion from the Southampton selection, he is back home, also with the Dutch national team.
Van Dijk trained in the preparation for himself. There was no room for players who didn’t want to give everything to their club and are somewhere else with their heads, said manager Mauricio Pellegrino. The transfer period passed and Van Dijk was still from Southampton. He was accepted in grace, got fit again and he has now finished his first races in the new season. It led to a call by federal coach Dick Advocaat for the crucial World Cup qualification matches against Belarus and Sweden.
Upon arrival in Huis ter Duin, Van Dijk told FOX Sports that he had a difficult period behind him, partly due to injury,”It’s never fun when you’re injured. The only thing I could do was get fit and catch up as quickly as possible.I’m glad it’s over,”said the defender, who describes his summer in which he says a lot has happened a lot,” A lot learned, much heard, a lot seen: a whole life experience. I am happy to be fit again and that I can give the full 100% “, concludes Van Dijk, who is not sorry for the time he didn’t manage to get away from his club,” I’m not sorry about anything.
Van Dijk hasn’t won himself yet and tells the Algemeen Dagblad that he still wants to twist,”Of course I wanted to make a step higher, but in the end, Southampton didn’t want me to let go. But you’re still prof, so now I’ll be giving everything for the club again. Halfway through the season, we may be able to see again what is possible.
