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Van Dijk says footballers will think about the days after the game
Virgil van Dijk has spoken at length about the psychological impacts of the current absence of soccer.
Talking with BT SportThe Liverpool defender revealed that footballers lose more than just playing the game, highlighting the camaraderie and relationships built as another aspect currently missing.
“100 percent,” said Van Dijk when asked if footballers don’t play. “It’s hard not to be out there, show our talents, work hard, just the little things in the game. Also playing for so many fans, winning, all game development, training sessions, just watching the kids.
“We spend so much time together and suddenly now they are not together for almost two months, almost. It’s different, it’s crazy, and it’s something you haven’t really felt before, and it makes you appreciate things a little bit more. “
Van Dijk also revealed that players will consider what life will be like after soccer during these strange times.
“It is going to be strange, and obviously I don’t want to think about retirement or anything like that, but it is going to be strange,” said Van Dijk of the prospect of retirement.
“It makes you think how difficult it will be for the players to make the decision to retire, because what are you going to do next?
“There will be a period of uncertainty where you have no idea what to do, and that feeling is what we sometimes have at the moment as well, because we have no idea what might happen.”
Pedro Chirivella on the brink of the Nantes exit
French departure 20 minutes claim that Liverpool midfielder Pedro Chirivella is about to sign for the Ligue 1 side Nantes in a free transfer.
The French media reports that Pedro has signed a three-year contract with Nantes and that his contract in Liverpool will expire at the end of the year.
The 22-year-old has struggled to carve out a role for himself in Merseyside, making just 11 appearances for the club in his career, of which only one made it to the Premier League in May 2016.
Watford president says Liverpool fans pave way for “project restart”
As Premier League plans for the resumption of the 2019/20 season are discussed among league and club officials, teams are slowly revealing their support, or lack thereof, for the proposals.
This week Watford President and CEO Scott Duxbury expressed his opinion, with particular emphasis on the use of neutral grounds, which Watford, threatened by relegation, believes would offer an unfair disadvantage to teams at the bottom of the league they hope to use their home. stadiums for their own benefit.
“Do the authorities seriously believe that our clubs, on their own grounds, cannot offer a safe environment for the roughly 300 people involved in organizing a single Premier League match?” Duxbury said. “Because, in the world of COVID-19, there is no completely safe environment wherever we play.”
Duxbury then addresses the possibility of fans flocking to the stadiums, signaling Liverpool’s confidence that his supporters will not celebrate the impending title at Anfield.
“The police are also talking about the restrictions of the fans when soccer is restarted and that this is a concern for the authorities, but I think we would have more control over the fans who play on our own field,” he continued. After all, Liverpool emphasized that their fans would be sensible and would listen to the club’s instructions when their own mayor opposed a return to football.
“If Liverpool sincerely believes in this when they have a 25-point lead and are on the verge of a first title for 30 years, I am confident that all the other supporters will follow suit.”
Duxbury says he will vote against the proposal due to the Premier League’s drive to play games in neutral venues.
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