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Virgil van Dijk has signed a new two-year contract with Liverpool. (Image: Andrew Powell\/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)<\/p>\nThe latest Liverpool news as the current captain will be looking to emulate the former skipper and could have the chance to do so this weekend.<\/p>\n
20:47, 17 Apr 2025Updated 21:09, 17 Apr 2025<\/p>\n
Virgil van Dijk has signed a new two-year contract with Liverpool. (Image: Andrew Powell\/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Former Liverpool<\/a> captain Jordan Henderson has given his response to Virgil van Dijk<\/a>\u2019s new contract with the Reds, with a message to the defender. Van Dijk ended any speculation over his future on Thursday by putting pen-to-paper on a new two-year deal.<\/p>\n Just days after the confirmation of the new deal he could become the first captain since Henderson<\/a> to lead Liverpool to a Premier League<\/a> title. Henderson lifted the trophy back in 2019, but it came at a time where fans weren\u2019t allowed in stadiums due to the Covid-19<\/a> pandemic.<\/p>\n A win over Leicester City on Sunday afternoon, coupled with Arsenal losing against Ipswich a couple of hours earlier will see Liverpool confirmed as Champions. Arne Slot\u2019s men are currently 13 points clear of second placed Arsenal with just six games left to play.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Jurgen Klopp managerial return stance as former Liverpool boss ‘agrees to Real Madrid talks’<\/a>READ MORE: Liverpool ‘monitoring’ Spanish wonderkid wanted by Chelsea and Manchester United<\/a><\/p>\n Ahead of the weekend\u2019s game, Liverpool confirmed that Van Dijk had followed teammate Mohamed Salah<\/a> in signing a new two-year contract<\/a> at Anfield<\/a>. The player himself has responded to the news on social media.<\/p>\n Posting several pictures from the announcement on Instagram, Van Dijk added the caption reading: \u201cSpecial moments..\u201d<\/p>\n Among the congratulations messages in the comments section was Henderson. The former captain responded with a heart emoji.<\/p>\n The midfielder left Liverpool in the summer of 2023 to join Saudi side Al-Ettifaq. He has since completed a move to Dutch side Ajax, where he is now captain.<\/p>\n Liverpool teammates new and old also showed their support to Van Dijk. Cody Gakpo, Roberto Firmino, Ibrahima Konate, Curtis Jones, Kaide Gordon, Harvey Elliott, Trey Nyoni, Stefan Bajecetic, Alexis Mac Allister, Kostas Tsimikas, Endo Wataru, Lewis Koumas, Caoimhin Kelleher, Tyler Morton and Ryan Gravenberch were among those to \u2018like\u2019 the post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest Liverpool news as the current captain will be looking to emulate the former skipper and could…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,18168,179,763,16,15,1465],"class_list":{"0":"post-30478","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-jordan-henderson","12":"tag-liverpool","13":"tag-liverpool-fc","14":"tag-uk","15":"tag-united-kingdom","16":"tag-virgil-van-dijk"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/1744878617_644_consent-placeholder.svg.svg+xml\")
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