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Michael Owen has suggested that Virgil van Dijk could be back for Liverpool in time for the “big games at the end of the season”.
Van Dijk is currently on the long road to recovery from an anterior cruciate ligament injury. Suffered the injury after a challenge from Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford in the Merseyside derby.
It is still too early to say how long Van Dijk will be out. There are some fears that the entire season will be lost.
But nevertheless, Previous reports on Friday revealed that he has now begun his rehab. It’s a step in the right direction, at least.
Now, former Reds forward Owen has admitted that Van Dijk’s absence is a huge blow to Liverpool. However, he thinks they could call him back if necessary before the end of the season.
He said talkSPORT: “It’s when they put you to the test because in some games, if you’re in a good team that is better than the rest, you can take one or two players who don’t do it at all.
“But it’s when you get to the quarterfinals of the Champions League, it’s when you play Manchester City at Anfield, things like that, then you can’t have passengers on your team.
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“Of course Liverpool, the whole squad is very good. But you have one or two players on any team, I don’t care who you are, that you look and take you into certain situations.
“When you’re in the tunnel before the game, you look ahead and behind you and think, ‘okay, we have a chance because we have him on our team.’ Van Dijk in particular is one of them.
“She is a great lady, but hey, who can say she won’t be back for those great games at the end of the season?
“A cruciate ligament injury is kind of five to six months if everything goes perfectly. So you never know. It’s a great blow. “
Owen still thinks Liverpool can win the league
Liverpool also lost Van Dijk’s main center-back partner Joe Gomez to a long-lasting injury. It has left them with a lack of depth in their back.
However, Owen still believes that Liverpool have enough to continue competing in the defense of their Premier League title this season.
He added: “I have no doubt that if these players were fit, then Liverpool are the best team in the country. I think they would win the Premier League.
“This has now thrown it a bit on the air.
“From a Premier League point of view, I still think they can get by in almost every game.”
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