After Liverpool beat Brighton in October, Virgil van Dijk went upstairs to the Boadroom at Anfield and met up with Alan Hansen.
It was Van Dijk who, at the end of the 2024-25 season, asked the former Liverpool and Scotland defender to present him with the Premier League trophy and this time they posed for a picture that inevitably did the rounds on social media.
Whenever the time comes for Van Dijk to move on from Liverpool, he will go down as arguably their greatest centre-half, alongside Hansen. The question now is whether he will finish his career at Anfield like Hansen did in 1991.
Van Dijk's contract expires next summer and, even if the 35-year-old insisted this week that he was in no panic, it is a topic that will be a source of debate until a decision is made.
"Let's see what the season brings. I've had an amazing time already so far. If that will be extended, that's the case. If not, then I will go somewhere else," the Liverpool captain told reporters at Selhurst Park.
Two seasons ago, with Van Dijk in a similar situation, there was a similar sense of calm and come April 2025 he signed a two-year-deal.
Judging by Van Dijk's comments there is a feeling of him wanting to stay, but both…
