Liverpool offered ‘really promising’ Van Dijk update as former physio discusses knee ligament damage

 Dave Galley spent four years at Anfield between 2001 and 2005 and has spoken with the Dutch defender as he works his way back to full fitness

Virgil van Dijk’s recovery from knee ligament damage looks to be “really promising”, says former Reds physio Dave Galley, but the Premier League champions have been told it is still too early to put a possible date on the defender’s return to action.

The commanding Netherlands international centre-half has been out of action since suffering an injury during a Merseyside derby date with Everton on October 17, 2020.

Van Dijk has been forced under the knife since then and started out on a long road to recovery.