Virgil van Dijk 'complaints' confirmed as Arne Slot handed Liverpool headache

Virgil van Dijk near the Netherlands squad aboriginal connected "medical grounds" and Dutch manager Ronald Koeman has fixed a further update connected the Liverpool captain's fitness

Netherlands brag Ronald Koeman has shed further airy connected wherefore Virgil van Dijk near the squad aboriginal to instrumentality to Liverpool.

Van Dijk featured successful his side's 4-0 triumph implicit Hungary successful the Nations League connected Saturday, which earned the Dutch a 2nd placed decorativeness successful their radical down Germany. However, Van Dijk volition not play against Bosnia and Herzegovina contiguous aft helium was 1 of 2 players released from the squad.

It was announced connected Monday that Van Dijk and Barcelona prima Frenkie de Jong had been allowed to spell backmost to their clubs, with Koeman stating that the determination had been made "on aesculapian grounds".

"For some Frenkie and Virgil it is amended for them to permission the grooming campy astatine this moment," helium said. "That determination was taken connected aesculapian grounds, with of people the involvement of the players coming first."

Koeman has present explained that Van Dijk is dealing with "some insignificant complaints" that helium had heading into planetary interruption and the defender volition beryllium assessed by Liverpool up of their Premier League clash with Southampton connected Sunday.

"Virgil had immoderate insignificant complaints, helium already had that past week," Koeman said. "He trained separately past week until Wednesday. Also considering the docket that these types of players person to implicit - helium ever plays everything. That is wherefore we decided to nonstop him backmost to the club."

Van Dijk has remained a cardinal subordinate nether caller brag Arne Slot this season, with the Dutchman featuring successful each Premier League and Champions League crippled truthful far. And the 33-year-old precocious admitted Slot has been a "breath of caller air" pursuing Jurgen Klopp's 7 years successful charge.

"With the caller manager Arne Slot, somewhat antithetic things are being asked," Van Dijk told Voetbal International. "Not lone from me, but besides from the different players. I person a precise salient relation successful that and I similar that.

"And I deliberation the manager is precise blessed with that. It's not easy. On the different hand, Slot has provided a enactment of caller air. He tackles things successful his ain mode and wherever I tin assistance him, I bash so. The manager inherited a precise bully team.

"We indispensable not hide that past play we were warring for the rubric with Arsenal and Manchester City until 5 games earlier the end. Slot is simply a precise bully manager."

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