Virgil van Dijk is the “ultimate centre-back”, says Liverpool legend Sami Hyypia, with the Reds having got an immediate return on their record-breaking £75 million ($97m) investment.
Jurgen Klopp moved to make the Netherlands international the most expensive defender in world football during the January transfer window of 2018.
He was acquired to plug the gaps in a leaky back four which had been stunting progress at Anfield.
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Van Dijk slotted seamlessly into the fold and is considered to have contributed significantly to the progress made on Merseyside over the last 12 months.