- Hello GQ, it's Virgil van Dijk here.
These are my 10 essentials. Let's go.
My whoop band.
Whoop tracks your sleep, your recovery,
your calories, your strain.
For example, I wear them in training
so you can immediately after to training,
see what you did and how much you run
and it's a very nice thing to
to have as obviously we are very busy.
I wear it in preseason games as well
in order to get fit as quickly as possible.
I won't wear it in the Premier League games
but training and in a daily basis, I would definitely do.
It says this is from today
and then you can see your heart rate.
This was not, the session was not very, very hard
so my max heart rate was 168.
The session was one hour and 12 minutes.
The calorie burning, average heart rate.
So it's good to, to get a little feedback and,
and sleeping, it goes the same.
So for example, if I wanna have a perfect recovery,
it says that I need to go to bed at 10 plus 11
in order to wake up at half eight
with a hundred percent recovery.
Not that you have to, you know, follow it all
but it's good to know these type of things.
This is actually gonna be my first World Cup.
I'm really looking forward to, to be out there
and to lead my country over there
and represent them in the best way.
We have a very, very good team
with a mixture of experience, talent,
so we could be doing very well.
I'm not the kind of guy that sets, you know,
say high standards towards the outside world.
I have very high standards of my, myself, my team
and we'll give it a go.
And whether that leads us to glory
we all hope so in Holland.
But yeah, we can look, look in the future.
Watches are a real passion of mine.
In this case Audemars Piguet the brand,
the people behind the scenes,
I've been to the museum with, with Jordan Henderson.
And you know, for me it was the first time
going to a museum while I really, really enjoyed it.
And the watches in general, you know, are just incredible.
The amount of work that they put in,
you don't really see and, and, and to really experience that
in the museum was a, was a eye opener.
And I brought this watch with me
because obviously it's a very special one.
We got it made by Audemars Piguet for the team,
for Liverpool with our number in it
because it was the year when we became champion.
Yeah, we wanted to reward ourselves for this
and obviously it's a special special piece
that I'm really proud of and to have as well.
So this watch model is the, the Royal Oak Offshore.
It's a beautiful watch.
You know, I can't lie, I'm so proud to have this one
and very, very happy with it.
Very important.
You know, it's just important to
to create a nice vibe and obviously JBL
has always been very good to me
is my part of my family and they've been looking after me.
So to be able to take this with us wherever you go,
whether it is games and sometime with friends and family
it's just great to have this and you know
it's just very easy accessible take it with you.
If you love beer you can even open it with,
with this little opener, so it's perfect.
I try to be the DJ of the team.
It brings a lot of pressure with it
because obviously not everyone is always happy with the
with the music choices, but I'm a bit of everything.
I like music, I like music in general,
whether it is Hip Hop, R&B, but I can go to Afrobeats
what I very much love as well.
I'm very organized in my playlist,
so I've got my Afrobeats playlist what I just spoke about,
but I've also got my, my hip hop.
But also got like a, like a Jazz kind of vibe,
you know sitting in front of a fireplace and just enjoy.
I've got a playlist to to, to go to a game
and prepare for a game that's called Win.
I would say I got the best music taste in the team.
So you always have to back yourself and I definitely do.
The worst would be Andy Robertson in my opinion.
He also has no rhythm and he can't dance
and he knows that I'll mind him each and every day.
He know it's funny to see the difference in the team
and also the, do everyone enjoy music in different ways.
Zwitsal baby oil.
Baby oil obviously it sounds pretty simple.
My mom has been using this obviously
since I was a baby on me.
Over the years I kept using it and using it
and I can't live without it, you know,
obviously it's just something that I've grown up with
and especially this one has been
has been there for me forever and will always be there.
And I use it on my face.
I use it sometimes on the body and smells nice as well,
and making sure my hair looks nice and smell nice.
And just the usual stuff
I think is a big part of making sure I'm,
I'm ready to go out of the house.
Baby oil has been a big thing for that.
Air Max 1, flyknit red and white.
I've been wearing this already since
not exactly the same pair
because I've been having new pairs over the years
but I've been wearing the same trainer
since I would say Southampton, when I was in Southampton
so that was six, seven years ago almost.
Yeah, it's, it's just the trainer that I really like.
You know, it's very comfortable
and I feel like it always be able to match
with the track suits that we
that we have at the training ground at Liverpool of course
but even at Southampton or even at the national team.
So I've got many pairs and this is actually a brand new one
so hopefully I can wear them soon enough again
and keep them clean for as long as as possible.
What I like about these, they are very simple
and I like the flyknit things
because it makes it feel even more comfortable
than the normal Air Max,
that I really like as well by the way,
but I think the flyknit and the color combination
is just the perfect match for me.
When I was 12, 13, 14, that age
and always went to a sneaker store
in my hometown back in the days
and not be able to buy those sneakers back then
and now obviously getting, being in a different position
and be able to get these stuff
and be able to get the also for my,
for my kids, for my wife, you know,
it's, it's something I'm really
I really enjoy and I'm very blessed in this way.
My iPad.
Obviously we, we travel a lot,
we are away a lot, we in hotels a lot
and in order to keep me busy obviously
the iPad is a massive thing.
I watch TV shows, watch films,
the usual platform, Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime.
It's very important because obviously
you try to stay busy when you're on the road
when you're traveling in the plane, in the hotels
and try to switch off from football and at times
if I were only keep one app, it would've been FaceTime.
FaceTime is the most important app I think on iPad
my phone as well to keep in touch with my
with my kids and my wife.
Just in general,
to have a good pair of sunglasses is important.
They're actually unisex and my wife got them
and I really enjoyed them so I stole them.
I'm just very happy to have them
because I feel like they suit me as well.
You can hide a little bit as well in some ways
when you want a little bit of privacy.
I don't think I go for a certain style of sunglasses.
I'm definitely the type of guy that
when a sunglass suit me or when I wear it once
and it and I feel comfortable with it,
then I try to keep wearing it as long as as possible.
I'm really happy with this
and hopefully they can stay for a long time.
I think it's 9 out of 10 unacceptable
to wear sunglasses indoor.
I tell my friends definitely if
if they would wear it in the club
that they should not wear it because I feel like
in the club the sun is not shining
so you should not wear sunglasses,
but there might be a couple
exceptions that you know it could happen.
You have to make sure you keep your body hydrated
keep your body smell nice and
and obviously don't get dry skin.
So in order to do that I'm using the Coco Cabana cream
for the legs, for the body.
Aside of the baby oil,
this is another thing that really used for the body.
I try to use this after the shower of course
and for example, if we train late,
just before training make sure your,
your legs are moisturized.
A lot of advice I get from grooming products,
as my wife, my wife is really good in this
and she's obviously been very helpful in this,
in this case with, with even other
grooming stuff that I use.
That's always the same thing you know,
this is obviously in my wash back
same goes with the baby oil,
same goes with the hair products.
Do all the normal things that I would do
when I get out of the house as well.
And then obviously just prepare for the game
make sure you are comfortable on the pitch
and look the part.
My rains cap.
I got it actually on holiday
and I'm always been looking for a cap
that really suits my head,
suits my style and everything.
And since I've got this cap
I've been really wearing it a lot.
It's quite difficult sometimes when you're six foot four
so 1 meter 95 and trying to
have a little bit of privacy wherever you go.
Get a cap might help, might help a little bit.
I'm glad to have it.
Different colors as well,
but I think this color is really nice
and especially in the summer.
I knew at the time when I bought it that it's waterproof.
I wasn't looking for waterproof cap.
It's quite handy because in Liverpool
it rains quite a lot, so it could help.
But I just, the fit the material,
I try to always make sure my hair is always on point.
I try to, but obviously when you put a cap on
it ruins a little bit of your hair.
But in some ways I'm quite blessed
that it doesn't really ruin my hair.
My hair is always backwards when I'm going out,
not when I'm home.
This cap is just there to gimme a little bit more privacy
and, and also because I think it looks well on me.
I've got two bracelets.
They are special to me because one is
a black one with a number four on it
and the other one is a red one
with the initials of my little family,
so my wife and my kids.
And I got both of them as a gift from my,
from my lovely family.
In order to have them around me is, is incredible.
The amount of things that they do
in order for me to make sure I do the right things
it's something I, I will never forget.
I'm not a man that wears a lot of jewelry.
I like my watches, what I said before,
I like these bracelets, that's basically it.
I don't have earrings, I don't have chains
I don't have all the other stuff.
I like to keep it simple, plain.
Obviously number four is my number.
The initials of my family is the most important thing.
I know what jewelry these are from, yes.
It's been done actually abroad
through mutual friends and a really, really good jewelry
so I'm really happy that he looked after us.
And in this case it's very what I said
it's very minimalistic.
It's not flashy, is not outgo, it's outspoken,
it's white gold, it's very calm.
Well guys, these were my 10 essentials.
Hope you enjoyed it.
Thanks for watching and see you soon.