'Van Dijk will be a massive miss' - do Liverpool have enough cover? Liverpool centre-back Virgil van Dijk wants to return stronger after learning he needs surgery on the knee injury he sustained in the 2-2 draw at Everton. Van Dijk has been a key figure for Liverpool since signing for them in January 2018 for £75m. "But when you are in the changing room, you look across and you haven't got Virgil van Dijk - this big colossus of a player. Even a six-month absence would keep Van Dijk out until the back end of April.

Source: BBC October 18, 2020 17:00 UTC