Official: Van Dijk signs a new long-term deal at Liverpool

The Dutchman has become the latest Liverpool star to commit his long-term future to the club ahead of the new Premier League season.

Virgil van Dijk has signed a new four-year contract at Liverpool until June 2025.

The defender, whose previous deal was to expire on June 2023, has emulated Liverpool teammates Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alisson Becker, and Fabinho by signing a long-term contract extension this summer.

Now Van Dijk, who has recently returned from an eight-month spell out with a cruciate ligament rupture, is looking forward to the new season.

“Since day one when I joined the club, I felt so much appreciation from the fans and from my teammates and the staff, that I could be a very important member of this football club,” he told the club’s website.

“It has been going well; unfortunately last season for me personally has been a season to forget, to learn from and take with me, but I have enjoyed my time here and will keep enjoying it in the next couple of years altogether with all of you.

“It didn’t take too long to feel like that [at home], to be fair, with the help of my teammates, especially in the beginning, the staff and especially the fans, how they have welcomed me from the start.

“Where I am today, how I feel today, is [as] a very senior, important player for the team and for the club. That’s just a fantastic feeling and why I definitely feel at home here.”

Van Dijk has made 130 appearances for Liverpool since completing a club-record €84.65 million transfer from Southampton in January 2018. He has helped the Reds win the Premier League and Champions League.

With the 30-year-old new contract done, Liverpool will reportedly turn their focus onto Mohamed Salah. The Egyptian forward’s current deal expires in June 2023.