TIL Desk Sports/ Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk is looking forward to winning the FIFA Club World Cup for his side and feels the experience will be something new for him and his teammates.
van Dijk, who helped Liverpool to win the title of the Champions League last season, lost to FC Barcelona star forward Lionel Messi in the 2019 Ballon d”Or race recently.
Along with the English Premier League, where Liverpool are sitting pretty at the top of the table without losing a match yet, they will take part in the Club World Cup starting December 11 in Qatar.
Jurgen Klopp”s side will open their campaign on December 18 and their opponents could be drawn from one of three confederations: AFC (Al-Sadd Sports Club), OFC (Hienghene Sport) or Concacaf (Monterrey). “For me personally, it”s something new,” van Dijk told in an interview.
