Two-year extension
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Virgil van Dijk has signed a brand new contract with Liverpool that can hold the defender on the membership till the summer season of 2027. In a press release on the membership web site on Thursday, the Anfield membership confirmed that the Dutch defender wouldn’t be departing the membership on the finish of the season when his earlier deal expired and had as an alternative agreed to remain on the Premier League membership for the foreseeable future. The information comes only one week after Liverpool agreed a brand new deal to maintain Mohamed Salah on the membership with a brand new contract extension till 2027.
“I’m very completely happy, very proud,” Van Dijk mentioned in an interview with the membership. “There are such a lot of feelings clearly that undergo my head proper now talking about it. It’s a proud feeling, it’s a sense of pleasure. It’s simply unbelievable. The journey I’ve had to date in my profession, to have the ability to lengthen it with one other two years at this membership is superb and I’m so completely happy.” Van Dijk has revamped 310 appearances for the English giants since he made the transfer to Anfield in 2018. Costing a minimum of €84.5 million from Southampton, the Breda-born expertise was the membership’s report signing till they signed Darwin Núñez from Benfica for €85m. On the time, Van Dijk was additionally the costliest defender of all time, however that determine has since been overtaken by no than three gamers in Matthijs de Ligt to Juventus for €85.5m, Harry Maguire to Manchester United for €87m and Josko Gvardiol to Manchester Metropolis for €90m.
How Virgil van Dijk remains to be so vital to Liverpool
Regardless of turning 34 this summer season, Van Dijk stays a vital a part of Arne Slot’s Liverpool facet. With 3,987 minutes of soccer in all competitions for the Anfield membership this season, Van Dijk sits high of Liverpool’s charts for minutes performed, beating second-placed Salah with an additional 26 minutes of sport time.
Such has been the defender’s spectacular kind regardless of his rising age that Van Dijk nonetheless boasts a formidable market worth of €28m, which makes him the fourth Most worthy defender on the planet over the age of 30 and probably the most priceless participant on the planet born in 1991, beating Man Metropolis playmaker Kevin de Bruyne by a single €1m in market worth. As such, Liverpool clearly had few reservations over extending Van Dijk’s contract and have each intention of counting on his outstanding skills over the course of the following few years.
