Virgil van Dijk gave a timely boost to Liverpool on the eve of their first Premier League match of the season with newly-promoted Norwich City by signing a new long-term contract, the club announced on Friday.
The 30-year-old Dutch international central defender’s new deal is reported to tie him to the club till 2025.
“Virgil van Dijk has today signed a new long-term contract with Liverpool Football Club,” read the club statement. Van Dijk signed from Southampton in 2018 for a reported £75 million and was pivotal in Liverpool winning the 2019 Champions League and the Premier League the following season. Individually, he was voted the PFA Players’ Player of the Year , UEFA Men’s Player of the Year while he was runner-up in the 2019 Ballon d’Or and The Best FIFA Men’s Player in 2019.
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