German association football player and manager Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp is optimistic his handling of Virgil Van Dijk’s game time will be a short-term plan rather than a policy which will have longer implications.
Prior to his season-ending knee injury last October the Netherlands captain had played in every Premier League match, and virtually every minute of those games, and missed just one Champions League tie through suspension in the previous two campaigns.
Although he completed rehabilitation from surgery on anterior cruciate ligament surgery in time to be fit for the start of the season, Klopp is wary of the need to ease him back.—Agencies
