Liverpool captain, Virgil van Dijk has been banned for one further match and fined £100,000 for using abusive and insulting words to match officials after he was sent off against Newcastle. The Dutch defender was shown a straight red card for denial of a goal-scoring opportunity when fouling Newcastle’s Alexander Isak, but was seen visibly remonstrating with referee John Brookes and fourth official Craig Pawson. Van Dijk appeared to label the decision a ‘f***ing joke’ and took his …
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Virgil van Dijk has been named the new Liverpool captain with Trent Alexander-Arnold appointed vice captain as Jurgen Klopp appointed his successor to Jordan Henderson. The Netherlands defender will fill the void left by Henderson who joined Saudi Arabian side Al-Ettifaq, after being lured to the Middle East and putting pen-to-paper on a staggering £700,000-per-week deal. Van Dijk joined the Reds from Southampton in 2018 and has become one of the club’s top performers, leading the club to …