The £75million centre-back has been playing with two broken ribs for the past month, claims Koeman, who sent Van Dijk back to Liverpool ahead of Holland's friendly against Belgium on Tuesday night. The Dutch defender picked up the injury prior to Liverpool's Champions League victory over Paris Saint-Germain in September, but has played on since then. (Image: PA)Van Dijk opened the scoring with a header in Holland's 3-0 win over Germany in the Nations League on Saturday, but will not be representing his country again this month. Former Everton boss Koeman told De Telegraaf: "Virgil has been playing with two broken ribs for weeks and has been constantly injecting to play at Liverpool in recent weeks. But he said that he wanted to play against Germany.

Source: Daily Mirror October 16, 2018 10:18 UTC