{"id":676394,"date":"2026-05-31T17:52:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T17:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/676394\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T17:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T17:52:15","slug":"virgil-van-dijk-first-player-to-respond-to-slot-sacking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/676394\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgil van Dijk First Player To Respond To Slot Sacking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Following yesterday\u2019s sudden, though not completely unexpected, departure (dismissal) of Arne Slot, we\u2019ve been getting reactions and behind-the-scenes reporting from club conected reporters in dribs and drabs. However, we hadn\u2019t heard from any of the current players, at least not until team captain Virgil van Dijk released a post on the site formerly known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cWe\u2019ll never forget winning the Premier League in our first season together. Thank you, Trainer, and best of luck to you and your family in the future,\u201d Van Dijk said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">It\u2019s a nice message from the skipper, though also the bare minimum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Although we probably won\u2019t get Virgil\u2019s full feelings any time soon, if ever, it seems fair to say that he\u2014along with a great number of current and recently departed players\u2014were not entirely satisfied with the Dutch manager, particulary during this entirely mediocre season which saw the reigning English lose 20 matches in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Indeed, both Andy Robertson and Mohamed Salah openly questioned the falling standards on and off the pitch at the club, pointing a finger squarely in Slot\u2019s direction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">That said, Virg had to acknowledge the league winning campaign. Which he did. As a bare minimum. My captain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following yesterday\u2019s sudden, though not completely unexpected, departure (dismissal) of Arne Slot, we\u2019ve been getting reactions and behind-the-scenes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":676395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[85641,99],"class_list":["post-676394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-liverpool-team-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=676394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/676394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/676395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=676394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=676394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=676394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}