Jamie Carragher sends Liverpool a warning over Virgil van Dijk return.
The centre-back has been absent for nine months since October last year and has made his return to the pre-season friendly against Hertha Berlin.
But Jamie Carragher tells Liverpool to assess Van Dijk’s fitness and then push for a move for the 30-year old defender.
Carragher said: “I think we have to be careful and I think Jurgen Klopp will be. I don’t think we should expect that Van Dijk comes back into Liverpool and Liverpool are going to automatically win the league again this season.
“He’s had a really serious injury and he’s got to make sure he is not rushed back.
“If he’s back to his best he is the best central defender in world football and that’s what Liverpool will want over the next five or six years, not the next five or six weeks.
“If he doesn’t make the first game of the season it’s not the end of the world, it is about making sure Virgil van Dijk is 100 per cent right so he’s in a position where he can have the next five or six years at Liverpool at a top level.
“It may be a gentle start with Virgil until we see him when he is 100 percent right, but if that could be on that first game of the season and he can play the next few games I think everyone would be delighted.”
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