In preparation for the Euros next month, Virgil van Dijk is presently on vacation.

Virgil van Dijk is getting some much-needed relaxation during the intermission between the club season and the forthcoming Euro 2024 competition.

The captain of Liverpool is getting ready to travel to Germany next month to represent the Netherlands.

He’s enjoying a spectator sport in the meanwhile, one of his other interests.

At this weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix, ESPN FC posted pictures of the 32-year-old interacting with Max Verstappen on their X profile.

The principality hosted the meeting of two of the most well-known Dutch athletes.

Three-time Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen has acknowledged that he is a Manchester United fan.

But even with their different loyalties, he and Van Dijk are still good friends.

Liverpool supporters could want for Verstappen’s level of dominance in the Premier League, given his dominance in the Formula One circuit.

Verstappen believes his Red Bull squad will face tough obstacles at the Monaco Grand Prix this weekend.

Even though he won in Monaco the previous year, he mentioned Ferrari and McLaren as strong competitors to watch.

“Looking at the track layout, it’s probably not going to be our best track, just because our car normally struggles a bit over bumps and kerbs,” Verstappen stated, as reported by the BBC.

“Compared to previous year, we did work on it a little bit. Our low-speed performance has slightly improved on the most of the courses we have seen thus far, but this is not going to be an easy weekend.

Even though Imola was perhaps not our easiest weekend, he continued, “it was quite clear going into Imola that [the gap between teams] had all closed up a bit after Miami.”

“That’s definitely how Monaco is always like that.”

 

Still, Arne Slot will surely become a Merseyside hero if he can guide Liverpool to such glory.

Slot came to the Reds after a successful career at Feyenoord.

The club made the announcement of his appointment official on Monday.

 

He was twice named Eredivisie Manager of the Year and led Feyenoord to victory in the league in 2023.

 

Most recently, Slot guided the team to victory in the KNVB Cup in April, defeating NEC Nijmegen 1-0 in the championship game.

Prior to joining Feyenoord, Slot was the head coach of AZ Alkmaar, where he guided the team to second place in the standings in the 2019–20 season. When the Dutch season was suspended due to COVID-19, they were only a goal difference behind leaders Ajax.

The 45-year-old head coach was recently seen dining at Moor Hall Restaurant after moving to Merseyside.