DBasia.news – Liverpool managed to fix the fragility of the back line by bringing Virgil van Dijk, who was bought from Southampton for 75 million pounds in January 2018.
It didn’t take long, the Dutchman immediately became a formidable and irreplaceable figure in the center-back sector. Now in the 2018/19 season, Van Dijk is almost always the main choice of Jurgen Klopp and has appeared in 34 matches in all competitions.
Finally, the 27-year-old also managed to cement the position of the Reds at the top of the standings with the achievement of two goals when the club based at Anfield crushed Watford with a landslide score of 5-0 on Thursday (28/2) early morning Western Indonesian Time.
Seeing the performance and consistency of Van Dijk, one of his teammates, Andrew Robertson, opened his voice. He did not even hesitate to give praise as high as the sky and assume if the player who also had time to strengthen Glasgow Celtic is worthy of being called the best defender in the world.
“Virgil van Dijk makes my career at Liverpool feel much easier. Having a teammate like himself makes things difficult. When there are opposing players running towards you, you don’t need to worry because Van Dijk rarely leaves his area.” Robertson said as reported by Goal.
“For me, Van Dijk is the best center-back in the world, we can see how he plays and the high confidence he has while on the field. Still young makes him also have a lot of time to continue to develop performance,” he added.
Not satisfied to give sky-high praise to Van Dijk, the player brought in from Hull City also assessed that if his teammate deserved to win the title of the best player the PFA version or PFA Player of the Year.
“If the 2018/19 season is finished, I will give the title of the best PFA player to Van Dijk. If he continues to be consistent and perform as he did in the last 10 matches, then I don’t think there is a reason for him not to win the trophy, “concluded the Scottish player.