When the centre-back played in the Netherlands, his passing was expected to prevent him reaching the top, according to the former Barcelona star
Ronald de Boer is astonished with the progress that Virgil van Dijk has made to make him one of the Premier League’s outstanding defenders.
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The former Ajax and Barcelona ace has been particularly impressed with the technical developments made by the Netherlands international since he played for Groningen in the Eredivisie.
Since then he has gone on to play for Celtic in Scotland and is now one of Southampton’s most important players, with De Boer attributing his improvement to working with Ronald Koeman at St Mary’s.