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Liverpool's Klopp says Van Dijk cannot be rushed back from injury

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December 21, 2018 Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk celebrates scoring their second goal Action Images [Reuters]

Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk's recovery and return to full fitness will determine whether he can play for the Netherlands in this year's European Championship, and the 29-year-old must not be rushed back to action, manager Juergen Klopp said.

Van Dijk had surgery on a knee injury in October and Klopp had previously said he thought the European tournament starting in June would likely come too early for the centre back.

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