Virgil van Dijk Wants to Be Remembered as “a Legend of Liverpool”

If legend is the goal, he’s off to a good start. Liverpool have a chance to achieve something special this season, and with it the players have a chance to be remembered, to have their names mentioned alongside some of the club’s past greats. To maybe even become legends.

For many in the game, it’s that sort of achievement that drives them. The honours, the trophies, and with it the legacy. It’s what Virgil van Dijk says drives him; that from the first day he joined the club he had one thing in mind.

“As a legend of Liverpool,” he said when asked how he wants to be remembered. “I want to achieve amazing things here. We have a fantastic squad, we have everything. They went all out to get me and I want to give everything for them.”

So far he has. So far, he’s well on his way. And if Liv...