Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk’s high quality has shocked Reds supervisor Arne Slot, who says the defender is on “one other degree”.
Van Dijk, 33, is within the final six months of his contract and made his three hundredth look for the Reds in Saturday’s 4-1 win over Ipswich City.
Throughout his eight years at Anfield, the Dutch centre-half has received the Premier League, Champions League, Membership World Cup, Uefa Tremendous Cup, the FA Cup and the League Cup twice.
His future on the membership stays unsure, however he has led Liverpool to the highest of the Premier League, into the final 16 of the Champions League and the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup this season.
“Everyone right here in England would inform you that Virgil van Dijk is one of the best defender on this planet,” mentioned Slot, chatting with Gary Lineker in an interview for Soccer Focus.
“In Holland, he acquired a bit extra criticism than he will get over right here in England. I used to be, in a really optimistic method, shocked how good he was on the ball and the way he might play soccer by way of the strains.
“From the primary day I used to be like ‘wow, that is positively one other degree that I am used to’. However folks in England had been used to this.”
You may watch Lineker’s interview with Slot on Soccer Concentrate on Saturday at 12:00 GMT on BBC One because the pair focus on a variety of matters, with Slot additionally difficult Lineker to a recreation of padel. It would even be on BBC iPlayer and on-line with a model on the Soccer Every day on BBC Sounds.
