Soccer Football - Champions League - Liverpool Training - Melwood Training Ground, Liverpool, Britain - March 5, 2018 Liverpool's Loris Karius, Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez during training Action Images via Reuters/Jason Cairnduff
(Reuters) - England defender Joe Gomez is delighted to have the opportunity to learn from Liverpool team mate Virgil van Dijk and sees himself as a "sponge" soaking up lessons from the world's most expensive defender.
Van Dijk's January move for a reported 75 million pounds from Southampton to Anfield may have hampered Gomez's long-term ambition of moving from right back to centre half but he does not see the Dutch international as an obstacle.
