“I think we forget that we are dealing with a human being,” Van Dijk added. “He has gone through so many moments in the last couple of months and everyone will have an opinion. There’s a lot of noise and obviously everyone can argue if it’s his fault, [but] it’s just part of life nowadays.

Arnold's celebrations at Leicester, but it was perhaps Virgil van Dijk's gesture to his Liverpool teammate that gave the biggest hint

Van Dijk believes his team-mate will be remembered positively at Liverpool even if he leaves for Real Madrid this summer.