Van Dijk: ‘Aanvoerdersband Orange dream’

Although he was not personally contacted by a coach, Ronald Koeman, would Virgil van Dijk it is a great honor to the aanvoerdersband to wear the Dutch national team.

Virgil van Dijk and Ronald Koeman during their time at Southampton

Monday during the press conference in Zeist was from the media the question of who the new leader of Orange. It was the name of Van Dijk called. The defender of Liverpool itself open for the band. “It’s a dream. Playing for your country is the highest possible and all the way as a leader”, let him know on the NOS.

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What Van Dijk argues, is the fact that he was in his Southampton-period already worked with Koeman. The stopper was pleased with the appointment of the head coach. “I hoped, yes. Before he was appointed, we have a conversation. That was not even so much about football, but about my experiences with him.”