Southampton central defender Virgil Van Dijk has said that he should be fit and raring to go against Stoke at the weekend following an injury that meant he had to be substituted at half-time in Holland’s win over Wales.
The Dutch defender was hauled off at half-time in their 3-2 win over Wales with what was thought to be a knee injury and that had left the Southampton staff worried over his availability for this weekend’s match against Stoke in the Premier League.
Van Dijk has been in superb form since join the Saints, forming a formidable partnership with Jose Fonte at the back and has hardly stepped a foot wrong since joining from Celtic on deadline day.
However, Van Dijk has spoken out about his injury and calmed any fears of him missing Southampton’s next match. This comes as great news for the Saints as he would have been sorely missed.
I think it is fine but I didn’t want to force it in the second half because it is a friendly.I am very confident it will be OK. We checked everything at half-time and it is nothing really bad.
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