Liverpool Captain Gives Encouraging Injury Update Before Brentford

Van Dijk Sounds Upbeat On Fitness Before Brentford Trip Virgil van Dijk has given Liverpool a boost ahead of Saturday’s visit to Brentford, indicating that the calf issue picked up against Manchester City should not keep him out of the starting eleven for long.

For a captain whose presence has become almost synonymous with the club’s defensive stability, this week’s absence from the XI felt genuinely unusual.

Van Dijk had to watch from the bench as Andoni Iraola’s side produced a wild 6-3 Champions League win over LASK in midweek, only coming on during a frantic second half once the game had already swung back and forth several times.