A Champions League winner with Liverpool last season, the centre-back’s impeccable performances were also recognised with the PFA Players’ Player of the Year and Premier League Player of the Season accolades.
Already this term Van Dijk has helped the Reds lift the UEFA Super Cup and, last Thursday, he was named UEFA Men’s Player of the Year for 2018-19 ahead of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.
The No.4 is grateful for those achievements but quickly moves on from each one, insisting he and Liverpool have to ‘start from the bottom’ again as they go after more silverware in 2019-20.