先頭 Dijk to captain Liverpool, Alexander-Arnold 指名するd 副
July 31 (Reuters) - Liverpool have 任命するd Virgil 先頭 Dijk as the club's new 船長／主将, with fellow defender Trent Alexander-Arnold taking on the 副／悪徳行為-captain's 役割, the 首相 League club 発表するd on Monday.
The 32-year-old Virgil, who also captains the Netherlands 国家の team, will 取って代わる Jordan Henderson after the England midfielder joined Saudi プロの／賛成の League club Al-Ettifaq last week, ending a 12-year stay at Anfield.
先頭 Dijk has made 222 外見s for the Merseyside 巨大（な）s since moving from 選手権 味方する Southampton in 2018.
"It's a really proud day for me, for my wife, for my kids, my family. It's been a special feeling and I can't really 述べる it at this point. But it's something that I'm really, really proud of," 先頭 Dijk said in a 声明.
"I will do everything in my 力／強力にする and what I can do to make everyone proud and happy with me and the football club."
After 辛うじて 行方不明の out on an 前例のない quadruple in the 2021-22 season, winning two 国内の cups, Liverpool will not feature in the 支持する／優勝者s League for the first time under Juergen Klopp since the German 経営者／支配人's first 十分な season in 2016-17.
"We also have to be a bit 患者 but we want to be there and we want to show what we're 有能な of because we have a fantastic group of players, staff, fans, stadium...," 先頭 Dijk 追加するd.
"It's all about doing it together with the consistency and hopefully we can show it."
Alexander-Arnold, 24, joined Liverpool's 学院 in 2004 and captained the club across the 青年 level. He will take over 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 from 退役軍人 James Milner, who joined Brighton & Hove Albion in this 移転 window.
(報告（する）／憶測ing by Pear l Josephine Nazare in Bengaluru; editing by Pritha Sarkar)
