Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk says the departing Roberto Firmino will be seen as a club legend.

The striker is leaving the club in the summer after eight years of trophy wins and outstanding performances.

Firmino scored the 7th in a 7-0 romp of Manchester United on Sunday at Anfield in the Premier League.

"I think that position of a false 9 is Bobby Firmino's," Van Dijk said, per the Liverpool Echo.

"He is the one that showed over the years how difficult it is for any other player to perform it but also for others to defend that.

"As a player, you can't deny how important he is for the success that we had; for Mo (Salah), for Sadio (Mane) in the past but also for the players that still are here, for example, in Cody (Gakpo) to learn from him each and every day.

"But as a human being as well, he's a great guy and I wish him obviously all the best after the summer. But for now we still have targets to reach and he knows that and he wants to make sure that we fulfill that as well.

"He's been so influential for this football club and he should definitely be remembered as one of the legends."