Virgil van Dijk excludes one transfer when his Liverpool contract proceeds with the Anfield captain who is standing on it: ‘I am very clear’

Virgil van Dijk Is open about his pension plans and has excluded a certain movement before he hangs his boots.

The 33-year-old signed a new two-year contract with Liverpool In April he brought his future to the Reds until the end of the 2026/27 season.

That means that the center-back will just be shy for its 36th birthday when his current deal ends.

And as he reported for international duty at the Netherlands, Van Dijk was asked how he intends to end his career.

Liverpool’s captain started his senior career at FC Groningen, after having spent his youth career in the Willem II Academy.

He will play for the second time since leaving the club in Groningen’s Euroborg Stadium when the Netherlands is hosted Malta in their latest world cup qualification on Tuesday evening.

Virgil van Dijk will be almost 36 years old by the time his contract in Liverpool is running his course

Nederlands Center Back won his second Premier League title on Anfield last season

Van Dijk appears in good mood while he trains with the Netherlands for the collision with Malta

Prior to the game, Van Dijk was asked if he would ever consider a return Eredivisie. But he quickly rejected such an idea and insisted that he does not have the desire to finish his career in his home country.

“No, unfortunately not,” he said at a press conference. ‘I am very clear about that.

‘I will not return to the Netherlands. I started here and that was very important to me.

‘I am very clear that I do not want to return to the Eredivisie.

“I am quite proud of my career so far and I think finishing in the Eredivisie is not an option.”