After Arne Slot’s facet had been confirmed as Premier League champions on Sunday, Van Dijk grew to become the eleventh man to skipper the Reds to a top-flight championship.
The Dutchman has been colossal all through this season’s success, enjoying each minute of the 2024-25 Premier League marketing campaign to this point – a exceptional feat he additionally achieved all through Liverpool’s earlier title victory in 2019-20.
It’s the eighth main honour Van Dijk has secured total since becoming a member of the membership in January 2018 and would be the second he personally lifts on the membership’s behalf.
When Slot’s males are offered with the Premier League trophy at Anfield on Might 25, the No.4 may have the privilege of being the primary Liverpool captain to gather the league title in entrance of supporters for 35 years.
“We’re actually deserved champions,” he mentioned on Sunday. “[It’s] probably the most lovely membership on the earth and I feel [they] deserve all of this. Let’s benefit from the subsequent couple of weeks and let it sink in.”