Virgil van Dijk signs Liverpool contract extension until 2025

Virgil van Dijk has handed Liverpool a huge boost on the eve of the season by becoming the latest player to sign a new contract extension.

The Netherlands international has been an outstanding success since he joined Liverpool in January 2018 and his performances led to him becoming the best defender in the world, the mainstay of a team that went on to win the Champions League and Premier League.

He signed a five-and-a-half-year deal when he left Southampton for what was then a world record fee of £75million for a defender but Liverpool have revamped his terms and the contract will run to June 2025.

Virgil van Dijk has committed his future to Liverpool by signing a contract extension

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