Liverpool's captain is following the lead of LA Lakers star – and FSG investor – as he hunts four trophies
captain Virgil van Dijk says he is inspired by the achievements of basketball legend . Van Dijk and James, who is a minority shareholder in Liverpool’s owner Fenway Sports Group, recently joined forces for the launch of a new fashion range, LFC x LeBron, and have been exchanging messages indirectly. But it is the LA Lakers star’s sporting philosophy that is helping to fuel Van Dijk.
“Since I was at Southampton, I started to pay a lot more attention to having my own little team around me. That obviously made my life, my body, my performance a lot better than it was. That hard work that nobody sees is the key to success.” Pressed on the attention to detail, Van Dijk added: “I have my own physio and my own chef and those two parts are very important. I do my recovery stuff so I can be optimally prepared for the next challenge.
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