Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk is just not trying anyplace close to the participant he was earlier than his damage, in line with talkSPORT pundit Jason Cundy.
The Netherlands worldwide missed a big chunk of the 2020/21 season after being injured by Jordan Pickford, although he returned and seemed on prime type once more for Liverpool in 2021/22.
To this point this season, nevertheless, Van Dijk has been poor, and although he’s removed from the one one on this out-of-sorts Liverpool aspect, his dip in type has clearly affected the remainder of the staff.
See beneath as Cundy makes it clear he thinks we’re merely not seeing the identical Van Dijk because the one we noticed when he was at his peak earlier than his prolonged absence on account of that severe damage…
? “I genuinely really feel for Van Dijk…”
? “However you may see he’s not the identical participant he was. One thing’s modified.”
? “Proper now, he’s nowhere close to the participant that he was.”
Jason Cundy thinks Virgil van Dijk’s damage has modified his capability ? pic.twitter.com/cfrzThwnba
— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) October 13, 2022
Liverpool signed Van Dijk from Southampton again in January 2018 and he’s positive to go down as certainly one of their finest gamers of the Jurgen Klopp period.
Nonetheless, for now, it stays to be seen if he’s actually having the identical optimistic influence for LFC, or if they may do properly to herald a long-term substitute for him within the close to future.
