After years of captaincy in Liverpool, Jordan Henderson packed up to sign in Saudi Arabia at Al Ettifaq and thus join…Steven Gerrard, one of the most iconic captains in the history of the Reds. To replace the Three Lions international, the leaders of the Mersey club did not hesitate for long.
Present at the club for five and a half years and with a natural charisma, Virgil Van Dijk acted as a natural successor. And this Monday, Liverpool officially announced that the Batavian defender was the new captain of the Reds. A deserved mark of confidence for the 32-year-old player who expressed his pride to the club media: “it’s just something that makes me very proud and I will do everything in my power and what I can do to make everyone proud and happy with me and the football club.Club boy Trent Alexander-Arnold has been named vice-captain of Jürgen Klopp’s squad.
