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Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk urges fans to remain patient amid coronavirus crisis

Virgil van Dijk of Liverpool: EPA
Virgil van Dijk of Liverpool: EPA

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has called on fans of the Premier League leaders to remain patient amid the coronavirus crisis.

The European champions are 25 points clear at the top of the table, but no end to the English top-flight season is in sight as things stand.

The league, like most around Europe, has been suspended, with momentum gathering behind the idea of voiding the campaign completely.

Such a move would deny Liverpool what seemed like an all-but-guaranteed first league title in 30 years, but Van Dijk says there are more important things with which to be concerned.

“The unknown is the difficult part, because obviously everyone wants to look ahead to something, you want to think of how long it will take,” he told the club’s official website.

“But I think in this case you have to just be very patient, do the right thing and stay home. Stay together with your family and enjoy the moments with your family, enjoy the moments of being together and make the most of it.

“We will all get past this if we all do the right thing. I don’t want to say take the positives out of this, because there are too many negatives of it still; there are so many people dying and it’s horrible. But there are things that you have to take from it.

“Be sensible, do the right thing and stay home.

“We miss you guys as well, we miss being out there, we miss working hard every day and trying to get better and show our qualities to all of you. Just stay put, wait and see, that’s the only thing we can all do anyway.”

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