LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Virgil van Dijk is unlikely to play again this season, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said Tuesday.
The Netherlands defender has been out since October with an anterior cruciate ligament injury and while regular social-media updates from his rehabilitation in Dubai have raised optimism among Liverpool fans, Klopp is less convinced.
“No doctor really told me that there is a chance for Virgil to play in this season again,” Klopp said. “I don’t want to say that is absolutely impossible but it is not likely, so we don’t have to discuss these things really.