Virgil van Dijk, recovering from an ankle surgery, has not appeared on the field since the injury in a fight against Leicester on January 22, but Southampton is confident that by the start of the next season he will be in the ranks.

"For Virgil this season is over," said Saints coach Claude Puelle at a press conference on the eve of the fight against Arsenal. - However, by the beginning of the next season he will be fully prepared. And will play in a T-shirt of Southampton, because the club does not intend to part with it ".

In this season, Van Dyke spent 28 matches in all tournaments for Southampton, which scored 4 goals.