Virgil van Dijk and Matthijs de Ligt: Jamie Carragher analyses brilliant Netherlands pair Watch Netherlands vs England from 7pm on Sky Sports Football on Thursday; kick-off is 7.45pm https://www.skysports.com/football/news/29327/11735758/virgil-van-dijk-and-matthijs-de-ligt-jamie-carragher-analyses-brilliant-netherlands-pair
Babel and Gini discuss Van Dijk's Ballon d'Or credentials Virgil van Dijk should be in the running for this year's Ballon d'Or, according to two of his teammates for club and country. The centre-back was imperious throughout 2018-19 to help Liverpool win the Champions League after racking up a club-record 97 points in the Premier League. Van Dijk was named PFA Players’ Player of the Year and Premier League Player of the Season in recognition of his performances for the Reds. The Dutch missed out on UEFA Nations League success due to a 1-0 defeat by Portugal in Sunday’s final but Georginio Wijnaldum and Ryan Babel believe Van Dijk has a claim for the Ballon d’Or. “He had a really good season, he tried to stop everyone he was playing against,” said Wijnaldum. “It’s not up to us to decide if he wins the Ballon d’Or. For us, he’s the best defender in the world and if you look at his season he definitely deserves the Ballon d’Or. But it’s not up to us, it’s up to other people to decide that.” please log in to view this image Former Liverpool forward Babel, meanwhile, told Sky Sports: “The last [defender to win the award] I remember was Cannavaro in 2006, so it’s not impossible. “I think it’s fair that he would be at least on the list. We will see at the end if he wins it – I would be very happy for him.” https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/353476-ballon-dor-virgil-van-dijk-babel-wijnaldum
Marketing game on point as Nike put up a mammoth Virgil van Dijk billboard in Liverpool please log in to view this image please log in to view this image
CONGRATULATIONS YOU ARE A WINNER. BALLON D'OR Virgil van Dijk dreams of Ballon d'Or but wants silverware more https://www.skysports.com/football/...reams-of-ballon-dor-but-wants-silverware-more
Our Dutch Mercedes has replaced Messi as this year's favourite to be named world player of the year. Sadio Mane, Mo Salah and Alisson Becker are being touted by bookies.
How much for Virgil now that Leicester want £80 million for Slabhead? Slabhead is ****ing slower than David Beckham and Wayne Rooney doing spelling tests. Wayne Rooney thought 4G was his GSCE results. Both passed dope tests.
On a serious note, Virgil is not for sale, but if they are desperate to buy bidding starts from £M500 plus 1p.
Virgil van Dijk, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo nominated for UEFA Player of the Year award Lucy Bronze, Ada Hegerberg & Amandine Henry on women's Player of the Year shortlist https://www.skysports.com/football/...o-nominated-for-uefa-player-of-the-year-award
Van Dijk on the best game he’s ever played in: “The Barcelona game.” Van Dijk on the best game he’s ever watched: “I watched the Barcelona game back.”
Virgil van Dijk, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo - who will be named Europe's best player? please log in to view this image Van Dijk, Messi, Ronaldo: Can the Dutch defender do what Luka Modric did a year ago and beat the game's two superstars to the award? Uefa will name itsMen's Player of the Yearon Thursday with Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk up against Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona's Lionel Messi for the award. Last year, Luka Modric ended Ronaldo and Messi's dominance of the award - and Van Dijk will be hopeful of leaving the duo empty-handed again after a stellar season with the Reds. Just how good have the three contenders been over the past year? BBC Sport, with the help of sports analysts Opta, takes a look. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49462863