Virgil Van Dijk Releases Open Letter After Suffering Serious Knee Injury!
Virgil Van Dijk Releases Open Letter After Suffering Serious Knee Injury! The Liverpool centre back is widely considered as the best defender in the world. Van Dijk suffered a serious knee injury in the 2-2 draw away to Everton.
Liverpool defender Virgil Van Dijk suffered an suspected ACL in the Merseyside Derby this weekend. Everton goalkeeper Jordan Pickford lunged into Van Dijk in scissors motion.
The defender was immediately subbed off. The extent of Virgil Van Dijk’s injury is yet to be confirmed, but is likely to miss several months of the season.
Van Dijk released an open letter on his social media after finding out that he is to undergo surgery on his knee.
“This afternoon I met with a leading consultant to start the process of planning the finer details of my rehabilitation following the incident yesterday.
“I’m now fully focused on my recovery and will do everything I can to be back as quickly as possible.
“Despite the obvious disappointment, I’m a firm believer that within difficultly lies opportunity and with God’s help I’m going to make sure I can return better, fitter and stronger than ever before.
“In football, as in life, I believe everything happens for a reason and it’s important to try and keep level headed whether going through the highs or the lows.
“With the support of my wife, kids, family and everyone at Liverpool, I’m ready for the challenge ahead.
“I’d like to thank everyone for the messages of support, it’s meant a huge amount to me and my family, and I’ll now be doing everything possible to support my teammates in any way I can ahead of a big few weeks ahead as I take my own recovery day by day.
“I’ll be back.”
Virgil Van Dijk Releases Open Letter After Suffering Serious Knee Injury!
