Stronger but weaker
Virgil van Dijk sustained one of the most unfortunate injuries a professional footballer can suffer when he ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) recently. Only a matter of days after the injury van Dijk vowed to “come back stronger”. This clichéd phrase may have just been a PR message for the media and not the true belief of the player, but it may also be that Virgil really does believe that he will return stronger. The attitude displayed by van Dijk is a classic one amongst athletes at the early stages of their rehabilitation. They take to this new injury...