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Virgil van Dijk says he was surprised Jurgen Klopp managed to avoid crying after his final Liverpool game — and the captain insists there is no way he would be able to ‘stay dry’ when he eventually bids farewell to Anfield.
The Reds captain said he was very emotional after the game as Klopp is a manager who made him a ‘better player and better human’. Van Dijk’s Liverpool deal runs out next summer and, though he admitted no new contract is on the table, he loves the club and is in no rush to leave.
‘You can't always see it all the time but I'm very emotional,’ said Van Dijk, 32. ‘It's been an interesting week, much more for the manager himself but personally going through everything with him and the staff, the guys who are leaving, Joel (Matip) and Thiago.
‘It was always going to be a very difficult day. (Klopp’s impact) is pretty obvious, it is massive and something I will forever be grateful for. He made me a better player, a better human being, a better captain. It's tough.’
Pushed on his contract saga, Van Dijk added: ‘My future is not important at the moment. The only thing I can say now is if I have a farewell I don't think I would keep it dry (and not cry) because that was something
