Virgil van Dijk returns to Liverpool early from international duty ‘on medical grounds’

Virgil van Dijk has returned to Liverpool from the Netherlands campy ‘on aesculapian grounds’ up of their clash with Bosnia-Herzegovina connected Tuesday night.

Both the centre-back and Barcelona’s Frenkie De Jong person been released by manager Ronald Koeman and volition not diagnostic successful the Nations League contention successful Zenica.

The Reds defender and the Barca midfielder some started the 4-0 triumph implicit Hungary connected Saturday, with Van Dijk playing the afloat lucifer and De Jong substituted aft 68 minutes.

Koeman confirmed connected Monday: ‘For some Frenkie and Virgil it is amended for them to permission the grooming campy astatine this moment.

‘That determination was taken connected aesculapian grounds, with of people the involvement of the players coming first.’

It is not thought that determination is successful an wounded interest for Van Dijk, but the measurement has been taken to negociate his workload, with Netherlands already acceptable for a 2nd spot decorativeness successful their Nations League group.

Liverpool person a precise engaged play to come, starting with a Premier League travel to Southampton connected Sunday which is followed by a monolithic double-header.

The Reds person back-to-back games astatine Anfield, firstly welcoming Real Madrid to Merseyside connected 27 November successful the Champions League and past Manchester City successful the Premier League 4 days later.

They instrumentality from the planetary interruption having been successful good signifier beforehand, though, wining their past 4 matches earlier the players departed for their nationalist teams.

Arne Slot volition inactive beryllium without Diogo Jota for the travel to Southampton, but hopes to person Alisson Becker, Federico Chiesa and Harvey Elliott disposable again.

Trent Alexander-Arnold’s availability is unclear aft pulling retired of the England squad owed to a hamstring problem.

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