Netherlands captain Virgil van Dijk said he will consider his future with both club and country over the coming weeks as he processes the disappointment of Wednesday's semi-final exit from the European Championship.
Van Dijk said he would spend the next few weeks thinking about the next steps in his career after nine years and 75 caps for the Netherlands. The 33-year-old has one season left on his contract at Liverpool.
“I haven't got the slightest idea at the moment. I'll think carefully this summer about what I want at club level and as an international player. Then we'll try again, but we have to recover from this first,” Van Dijk told reporters after England beat the Netherlands 2-1 to advance to Sunday's final against Spain.
“After a season like this, where all kinds of things have happened, at the end you get emotional because you know it's over,” Van Dijk said.
“Especially in the second half I had the feeling that the result was going to be in our favour, but [Ollie] “Maybe Watkins was given too much space and ended up fine.”
“It really hurts me that they conceded that goal so late in the game and now we're left empty-handed. You gave everything, everyone gives everything and if the goal comes like that in the last minute, it's shit. Yeah… I'm sorry.”
