Liverpool vs Newcastle: Virgil van Dijk eyes place amongst membership captain greats

Liverpool‘s Virgil van Dijk has mentioned successful a second Carabao Cup trophy on Sunday in opposition to Newcastle United would give him a spot among the many captains who had achieved nice issues on the Premier League membership.

The Dutch defender scored the winner within the 118th minute in opposition to Chelsea at Wembley final yr, securing his first trophy as skipper.

The 33-year-old changed Jordan Henderson as captain in 2023 below Jürgen Klopp and has retained the armband below successor Arne Slot.

“If you happen to had been to raise the 2 trophies, I feel you may have a fairly good likelihood to be on a pleasant record of captains which have achieved nice issues on this membership,” Van Dijk informed British media.

“That is clearly a giant dream of mine since I grew to become the captain of the membership. We’re not there, we’ve got lots of exhausting work nonetheless to do.”

Van Dijk’s contract expires in June however he mentioned he has not been fazed by the uncertainty over an extension.

“I really feel I’m in among the finest shapes in my profession and you’ve got been seeing that,” he mentioned.

“I get pleasure from enjoying, I get pleasure from main the boys out, I get pleasure from being there for each one among them and I benefit from the accountability greater than ever, perhaps as a result of I get older slowly. So let’s wait and see.”

Liverpool maintain a 15-point lead within the Premier League and can host Merseyside rivals Everton on April 2 after the worldwide break.