Virgil van Dijk: ‘I am always in contact with ‘Gini’, also about Orange’ | Football

sport">He did not want to create an intrusive feeling in the group, but contact went very well through Wijnaldum. Van Dijk also missed the first phase of qualifying for the World Cup because of his rehabilitation, because it already started before the European Championship. „Then you look forward to that first qualifier against Turkey (4-2 defeat, ed.) at home and it went quite chaotic. You have no doubts about making it to the World Cup, but I immediately thought: we are going to make it exciting again. And when you’re not there, you and your family really sit and watch like a fan. Just like during the European Championship, when I saw the elimination by the Czech Republic.”

sport">He is looking forward to the World Cup, however far that may seem. „We will play some practice matches, where the coach will want to try out his new tactics or other things. And in June we have four matches in the Nations League.”

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sport">All right after a tough season with a possible long Champions League adventure on top of the demanding Premier League right in the first year after his cruciate ligament surgery.

sport">Van Dijk: „Of course I want to be fit for my first World Cup and I am really looking forward to that. But I can’t hold back or be careful. I play football the way I am supposed to play football.”

sport">Click on the link below for the premium story with Virgil van Dijk. In it he talks extensively about the inevitable choices he had to make towards the European Championship and why he does not focus blindly on the World Cup.

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