Bonus Pod! Nev chats to Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk!

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Gary Neville· Host0:28

[upbeat music] Good to see you again. Three years, uh, since I last- Was it three years, yeah? ... Three years, yeah- Wow ... since I last spoke to you. How are you feeling? You're playing every single week. Are you having to prepare differently, recover differently?

Virgil van Dijk· Guest0:39

Um, not really. Um, I think my preparation and, like, pre-match, post-match, I think is still consistent- Yeah ... and still the same, and I think it shows in the amount of games I can still play. So I just have to keep, keep doing that, keep going, and, uh, that's the responsibility I feel towards the team, towards the club, and, and try to perform as best I can, but I feel fine.

Gary Neville· Host1:03

Since I last spoke to you, I think there's definitely been a shift in the Premier League of style of play. Do you feel that as well in the last couple of years, the physicality, the long free kicks are sort of being put in the box, long throws?

Virgil van Dijk· Guest1:16

Well, the long throws has definitely been a, been a trend, especially this season. I think last season, maybe certain teams, but this season especially.

Gary Neville· Host1:23

Yeah.

Virgil van Dijk· Guest1:24

I think because the game now is so micro-dosed, or however you want to call it, that