Virgil van Dijk talks Calvin Ramsay up as Liverpool standout senses big things for former Aberdeen star

Virgil van Dijk insists patient Calvin Ramsay will get his chance to star for Liverpool one day having been impressed by his attitude so far.

The former Aberdeen defender was on the bench last night as Liverpool beat Rangers and will travel to Scotland with the first-team squad for the Champions League return leg next week. He's yet to make his debut after suffering an injury in pre-season but Ramsay has impressed with Jurgen Klopp and team-mate Joe Gomez among those to issue glowing verdicts.

And now former Celtic star Van Dijk, speaking to the press after Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah handed them a comfortable victory over Gers, says his "time will come". Van Dijk said: "I have seen him more outside of the training pitch than on the training pitch. But so far what I have known of him is that he is a good boy.

“He wants to work, he is learning each and every day from one of the best right backs in the country. He learns how we want to play, what we expect from a right back in our way of playing. He needs time. His time will come. I am not worried about that. But he has been very positive towards everyone."

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