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Andy Robertson Backs Liverpool Team-Mate Virgil van Dijk for Player of the Year

Liverpool's Andy Robertson has backed team-mate Virgil van Dijk to win the PFA Player of the Year award this season and labelled the Dutchman "the best centre-back in the world."

Van Dijk joined Liverpool from Southampton for £75 million in January 2018 and has had a huge impact on the improvement of the Reds defence.

He has played a key role in Liverpool's title challenge this season, and Robertson believes he deserves to pick up the end-of-season award for the Premier League's best player, per Carl Markham of the Press Association (h/t MailOnline):

"If the season ended tonight, I would give him it personally.