Strikers get spooked by the aura of world-class defenders and tend to avoid them altogether — especially Van Dijk

Virgil van Dijk has officially put pen to paper on a new two-year contract at Liverpool, following quickly in the footsteps of team-mate Mohamed Salah. The Reds announced on Thursday that their influential captain, 33, had signed an extension at Anfield, believed to run until the summer of 2027.