{"id":580649,"date":"2026-08-10T19:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T19:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/580649\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T19:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T19:00:12","slug":"araujo-joins-liverpool-on-loan-and-van-dijk-hopes-for-more-arrivals-before-new-season-liverpool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/580649\/","title":{"rendered":"Ara\u00fajo joins Liverpool on loan and Van Dijk hopes for more arrivals before new season | Liverpool"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virgil van Dijk is ready to welcome Ronald Ara\u00fajo as his new centre\u2011back partner at Liverpool<\/a> with the loan deal to sign the Barcelona defender completed on Monday.<\/p>\n

Uruguay international Ara\u00fajo, 27, arrives on a one-season contract and has also played at right-back, a vulnerable area of Liverpool\u2019s squad as Conor Bradley continues his rehabilitation from a serious knee injury and with Jeremie Frimpong still to nail down a first XI spot after a disrupted first season at Anfield.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Van Dijk played almost an hour in his first pre-season appearance as Liverpool were beaten 3-2 by Monaco<\/a> at home, having led 2-0. The Dutchman fouled Aleksandr Golovin just before the break to concede a penalty, which Golovin scored.<\/p>\n

J\u00e9r\u00e9my Jacquet remained absent, Liverpool\u2019s new \u00a350m arrival being treated with kid gloves after an injury\u2011hit spell at the end of last season with Rennes. Ara\u00fajo has been signed to bolster Andoni Iraola\u2019s defensive options, with Joe Gomez and Giovanni Leoni also sidelined.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can\u2019t wait to get started. I\u2019m very, very happy,\u201d Ara\u00fajo, who has 27 international caps, told Liverpool\u2019s official website. \u201cIt was the ideal move for me at this stage in my career. I think it was a move that was necessary for me to take. As soon as I heard that interest from Liverpool, everything went into action really, really quickly.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m super-happy to be here and excited to get started. I\u2019m glad about the interest and it was the right move at the right time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Van Dijk said of Ara\u00fajo: \u201cAny player that arrives at the club we will be welcoming.\u201d<\/p>\n

The captain was upbeat about Jacquet and the prospect of more transfer activity before the deadline on 1 September. Liverpool are keen to add to their forward line with Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s Bradley Barcola of interest. \u201cLet\u2019s see what the next couple of weeks are going to bring,\u201d Van Dijk said. \u201cAny quality we can add to the team will definitely be welcome so let\u2019s see.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Dutchman said of Jacquet: \u201cI\u2019ve not seen any of him. I\u2019ve spoken to him. I\u2019ve seen him walking around and we have conversations. I can\u2019t wait to see him back on the pitch and I hope that happens very soon. I\u2019m not a doctor, so I don\u2019t know exactly the situation, but I have a feeling this week he could be back on the pitch, hopefully as soon as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Van Dijk accepted Liverpool are in transition after the sacking of Arne Slot and revealed he has been in regular contact with Andoni Iraola, offering full support to the head coach. \u201cWe had a great conversation in the first week when it got announced and the main thing for him to know is I am here for him regardless, anything he needs, wants to know, wants me to do for the team or whatever. Hopefully we will be successful this season.<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing to take away from Arne and his staff, we had an amazing time together, but obviously last year [was] a disappointment. This year we have a new manager who has new ways of preparation, so we have to adapt to the new staff, different training methods. I liked working under Arne and I am sure I will like working under the new manager.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Virgil van Dijk is ready to welcome Ronald Ara\u00fajo as his new centre\u2011back partner at Liverpool with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":580650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-580649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=580649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/580649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=580649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=580649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=580649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}