Netherlands captain Virgil van Dijk mentioned he’ll contemplate his future for each membership and nation over the subsequent few weeks as he processes the frustration of semifinal elimination on the European Championship on Wednesday.
Van Dijk mentioned he would spend the subsequent weeks determining his subsequent profession steps after 9 years, and 75 caps, within the Netherlands staff. The 33-year-old has one season left on his contract at Liverpool.
“I have never the slightest concept proper now. I’ll think twice this summer season about what I need at membership degree and as a world participant. Then we’ll go for it once more, however first get better from this,” Van Dijk instructed reporters after England beat the Netherlands 2-1 to advance to Sunday’s last in opposition to Spain.
“After a season like this, the place all types of issues have occurred, it will get emotional on the finish as a result of you already know it is over,” Van Dijk mentioned.
“Particularly within the second half I had the sensation the end result would fall our manner. However [Ollie] Watkins was maybe given just a little an excessive amount of area and he completed effectively.”
“It hurts rather a lot that we conceded this aim so late within the match and at the moment are empty-handed. You set every little thing into it, everybody offers every little thing and if the aim comes like that within the final minute, that simply sucks. Sure … sorry.”