Here’s what a captain has to say: Van Dijk’s locker room speech revealed after learning of Klopp’s departure

Few more important news stories have happened in the world of football this season than the announcement of the Jurgen Klopp that, when the season ends, he will stop being the coach of Liverpool and rest.

The German has been a good leader at Anfield and many have questioned whether his announcement, which came at the start of the year, could be counter-productive for the players to let themselves go, something that clearly hasn’t happened since when ‘red’ They are candidates for everything this season and can fire Klopp including the Premier League.

Now, it has been revealed that if the locker room knows how to keep its calm, it is partly thanks to Virgil van Dijkcaptain of the first team, and his speech when everyone heard the news of his coach’s farewell.

It is nothing less than Alexander-Arnold, another very important player, who explained that the Dutch centre-back played an important role in his words. Jamie Carragher of Sky Sports asked if the team was making an extra effort in the Premier League to get relegated Klopp Fittingly, the English full-back said “one hundred percent.” That’s what Virgil (Van Dijk) told us when Jürgen told us he was leaving. He told us: ‘This is good news that will shock the football world, but we must not let it distract us, we must use it as motivation. “The coach led us to so many successes, he allowed us to fulfill our dreams, so we owe it to him to give everything to give him the best farewell.”

A few words that undoubtedly served the staff of Liverpool to keep calm by leaving Klopp and who shows the type of leader he is Van Dijkwho became the first captain after the departure of Jordan Henderson in the summer.

“Virgil said that if people think we’ve lost focus, we have to prove them wrong. It’s good news, but as professionals we have to accept it quickly and move on,” concluded Alexander-Arnold in this regard.