A former Reds centre-half, who also tasted European Cup glory with the club, considers the Dutchman to be the finest performer on the planet
Virgil van Dijk can add Liverpool legend Gary Gillespie to his ever-growing list of admirers, with a fellow European Cup winner billing the Dutchman as “the best defender I’ve seen”.
Eyebrows were raised when the Reds invested a record-breaking £75 million ($93m) in the Netherlands international back in the winter transfer window of 2018.
Any questions as to whether Van Dijk was worth that kind of money have been answered in emphatic fashion, with the 28-year-old now widely considered to be the finest centre-half on the planet.