Virgil Van Dijk will miss the summer Euros with Netherlands.
The 29-year old defender was ruled out in October for his knee injury after a horrific challenge from Jordan Pickford in the Merseyside derby.
Van Dijk is making excellent progress in his road to recovery but would have no chance to make it to the summer Euros which starts next month.
‘With Virgil, it’s one of the most serious injuries you can get,’ said Klopp.
‘I don’t know exactly how it came up that he has a chance for the Euros because the injury he had, people say it can take 11 months. It happened in October, that would mean September.
‘We all hope, because it’s going really well, and we are all individuals and react differently in specific moments – the plan for us is that he can start the pre-season with us, but even that is not sure.
‘So the Euros were just absolutely in the wrong moment, but the good news then for Holland as well is when he will be fit – because we will not force it, because we cannot force it – he will be then 100 per cent fit when he’s coming back.
‘The next big tournament for Holland is waiting, they can then qualify for the World Cup in Qatar and everything will be fine. But we all have to be patient and for a player, of course, the start of rehab with these injuries is really tough, I cannot recommend that. It’s really tough: pain like crazy, you don’t sleep, you’re worrying, all these kind of things.
‘I never wanted to cut the Euros off but I always knew, with normal measurement, with common sense, there is no chance. Now finally it is announced and that takes pressure off Virgil, which is important. Now he can completely focus on the right things in the right moment and then hopefully he can start soon with us again.’
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