Virgil van Dijk sustained a severe knee damage in October 2020 and didn’t play once more till August 2021, nonetheless there actually hasn’t been a lot of an instance of one other break from the facet since then.
As reported by Mark Carey from The Athletic, through Soccer Benchmark evaluation: with 7,597 minutes recorded between July 2021 to October 2022, no participant who participated within the World Cup performed extra soccer than our No.4.
Seeing as one in every of these months occurred while the Dutchman was nonetheless out injured, it reveals simply how a lot we depend on our centre-half and the way rapidly he recovered from his operation.
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The 31-year-old has not too long ago had one other, fortunately a lot shorter, interval on the sidelines with a hamstring downside however these numbers present simply how sturdy he has been for the Reds.
Jurgen Klopp clearly values the previous Southampton defender extremely extremely however some could say that he must be handed a while off the pitch every so often.
Whether or not we see extra muscle accidents coming for the captain of his nation within the latter levels of his profession due to these minutes performed, time will inform however we should always all at the least applaud his phenomenal restoration and availability for the Reds.
You’ll be able to view the van Dijk statistic through @MarkCarey93 on Twitter:
“What caught up is that I performed too many video games at a time. When it is sport day I need to play and I will do every thing potential to play, however I may have additionally thought earlier than the World Cup, ‘let’s relaxation somewhat bit as a way to be prepared.'”@VirgilvDijk shouldn’t be mistaken… pic.twitter.com/vBzkFrtHor
— Mark Carey (@MarkCarey93) March 2, 2023
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