Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk has expressed confidence that the team can challenge for the Premier League title this season, despite concerns over the club’s transfer activity.
Fans have been concerned about the lack of depth in the team due to only two new signings during the transfer window, while the departures of several key players have also raised doubts.
However, Van Dijk remains positive, saying that the team should focus on consistency and learning, and that the challenge of others stepping up is a “nice challenge”.
A lot of players are leaving. Your captain and vice-captain and at the moment there are only two incomings. The way we have been playing, in possession really good but when you concede it’s not good, so I can understand some people having doubts
Let’s see if more players are coming in and then we have to be ready again for a long season. We have to be confident, we should be confident and we should still be learning each and every day.
There have been characters leaving, players who have played a big part in the success, but others have to step up. That’s a nice challenge in my opinion. We should be excited. I’m very excited, so let’s give it a go
Having now played all of their pre-season friendlies, Liverpool will open their Premier League campaign away at Chelsea on August 13.
