NewsVirgil van Dijk set for 300th appearance for Liverpool

The captain will become the 65th Reds player to reach the milestone should he feature against Ipswich Town at Anfield on Saturday.

Van Dijk, who joined from Southampton in January 2018, won 208, drew 47 and lost 44 of his first 299 games for Liverpool. He has played every minute of his team’s 21 Premier League and seven Champions League fixtures so far this season.

The Netherlands centre-back overtook Michael Owen (297) in the club’s all-time appearances list when skippering Arne Slot’s side to victory at Brentford last Saturday.

Jamie Redknapp (308), Jack Balmer (309), Martin Skrtel (320), Kevin Keegan (323) and Andy Robertson (324) are the men now immediately above him.

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