Virgil van Dijk wants to achieve legend status at Liverpool

Virgil van Dijk says he wants to become a Liverpool legend and win silverware for the fans that have made him feel so welcome.

The Dutchman joined the Reds in January 2018 for a world record fee of £75million and has since proved to be worth the big money.

His immediate impact on the side is unlike that of a Liverpool transfer of recent times as his presence at the back propelled the Anfield outfit to a Champions League final and, this season, the top of the Premier League.

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Asked by BBC’s Football Daily podcast how he’d like to be remembered by those fans in the future, van Dijk replied: “That’s a difficult question, but maybe as a legend of Liverpool.

“At the moment, that’s something that comes to my mind. I want to achieve great things, amazing things, here. We have a fantastic squad, we have everything, we have all the tools, but obviously we have to do it.

“For us, we have a team in the league that is pretty good as well [Manchester City] that are doing fantastic. We’re matching them at the moment and we will see what happens.

“I just want to give everything for this club. They went all out to get me and I want to give everything for them and hopefully make sure we achieve great things.

“Before I started training [with the club], I went to the game against Leicester [in December 2017]. I was in the boardroom and met so many legends, great players who played for a beautiful club.

“When you play for this club, you’ll always be welcome as you’ve been part of the family. It’s one of the reasons I definitely wanted to play for the club.”

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