Virgil van Dijk has dismissed any suggestion he was holding back for Liverpool ahead of the World Cup - as he sounded a gloomy injury note regarding former team-mate Sadio Mane.
Van Dijk flew out with the Holland squad on Tuesday to Qatar, where the centre-back will take part in his first international tournament having been absent from the European Championships last summer as he recovered from the serious knee injury that sidelined him for nine months.
The 31-year-old was one of several Liverpool players to have their form questioned during what the defender admits was a "strange" first part of the season ahead of the World Cup.
