Klopp Believes Van Dijk is Eligible to be UEFA’s Best Player

DBasia.news –  Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, assess that Virgil van Dijk deserves to receive the UEFA’s European Player of the Year award.

“Brilliant. This is a huge appreciation. I wanted to call him, but he has to go on stage. I am very happy for him. “I’m also happy for us because he knows that there are our players around him, he can’t win that prize,” Klopp said.

“This is a gift for all of us (Liverpool), but we sent our big players there to get him. This is really rare for a defender. Yes, we all like goals, we want to score goals and see them, but more and more people are excited about the art of defending. “

The election of Van Dijk is not without reason. Despite failing to help Liverpool win the English League, he managed to bring Liverpool to reach the Champions League.

“Van Dijk is an outstanding defender, currently in 100 percent of the best defender in the world, so he deserves the prize. This is the culmination of last year’s Champions League victory, “Klopp added.