zbet911s Koeman places Van Dijk to support the team for another 2-3 years. zbet911

zbet911 Netherlands head coach Ronald Koeman plans to keep captain Virgil van Dijk on the helm for another two to three years, and if they reach the 2026 World Cup finals and the tournament ends, they will discuss it again. zbet911

Van Dijk is now 33 and is playing out his final season in a Liverpool shirt, so it remains unclear whether he will continue to captain the Anfield side for the foreseeable future.  ( zbet911 )

zbet911s But at the national team level, Koeman came out to guarantee that if he was still doing his job, he would have ‘VVD’ as his backbone.  zbet911s

“I had the opportunity to travel to Liverpool recently to discuss with Van Dijk,” he said during a daily press conference at the national team camp. ( zbet911s )

“I want to see for myself how he feels after the Euro 2024 tournament.”

“I think it’s important to meet that guy and see if it’s possible to continue playing for the national team for another two years.”

The new Dutch defenders who have stepped up to the plate have not yet had enough aura to compete with Van Dijk, such as Matthijs de Ligt or Mickey van de Ven.