VIRGIL VAN DIJK NEARLY DIED WHEN HE PLAYED FOR GRONINGEN .

 The Dutch footballer  Virgil Van Dijk ,who is now  playing his club football in England with Liverpool .
 But actually Virgil Van Dijk started his career in Holland with the youth academy  at Willem 11 in 2010,  .He then joined the club Groningen from 2010/2013.
 While  he was at Groningen  he suddenly put 18,eighteen centimetres , and the coach of Groningen made him a defender from the post of a midfielder.
 He  then fell very sick and was on the verge of death, so hopeless was his case  that he had made up his own will  even , as it was thought he would die soon.
 He had a raptured appendicitis , which could easily cause death.
 He also had Peritonitis. He also had a very severe kidney infection.
 He then made a complete recovery and joined the Scottish giants Celtic, from thee he went to Southampton, and finally to Liverpool.