‘Start to finish’ – Arne Slot has noticed one thing about Van Dijk from every training session

Arne Slot has now had half a season working with the Liverpool squad, and unsurprisingly Virgil van Dijk is among the players to have particularly caught his eye.

The 33-year-old took over the captaincy of the Reds’ first team the summer before last following Jordan Henderson’s departure, and the centre-back has since been rejuvenated by consistently producing performance levels close to his exceptional first two years at Anfield.

The Netherlands international has only six months remaining on his current contract...