Football: Klopp 'counting backwards' after successful Van Dijk surgery

Jurgen Klopp says Liverpool will 'count the days backwards' until the defender's return. Klopp: “What I can tell you [about Virgil Van Dijk] is that after surgery — and it was successful, which is really good, the best news you could get — is that this time is always unpleasant. Everybody who’s had a surgery knows that. You don’t wake up and everything is fine, so you still feel the surgery and that’s it. But he’s good, he’s as good as can be. “I don't want to talk about this anymore. I would talk immediately about it if it would change anything, but it doesn't. I'm not sure if the world is in a place where we have to keep this story going. Yes, we still feel something about it but nothing that's happened so far or whatever will happen will change that. We are already on the good side. We count, from now on, the days backwards until he’s back and completely normal.”