Virgil van Dijk must "be better" for Netherlands if he is to win the Ballon d'Or, according to Ruud Gullit.
Gullit called for the Liverpool defender to help cut out the errors that have dogged Ronald Koeman's team.
After winning the Champions League with Liverpool, Van Dijk helped his country reach the Nations League final, where they were beaten 1-0 by Portugal, and Koeman received widespread plaudits for turning the Oranje's fortunes around following their failure to qualify for the 2018 World Cup.
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But Gullit, who won the Ballon d'Or in 1987 ahead of Netherlands' triumph at the 1988 European Championship, called for Van Dijk to inspire improvement in the Dutch defence.