Liverpool captain Van Dijk urges Alexander Isak to embrace pressure

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2025-09-16

London (PA Media/dpa) - Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk accepts British record signing Alexander Isak's transfer fee creates its own pressure but he told the £125 million ($170.72 million) striker to enjoy being the team's new number nine. Van Dijk, speaking with a degree of experience having moved to Anfield in January 2018 for a then world-record £75 million fee for a defender, said players had no influence over the cost of transfers so it wa......

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