Former Manchester United defender Jaap Stam has named Virgil van Dijk as the best defender in Premier League history, beating John Terry and Nemanja Vidic.

Terry proved himself as Chelsea captain and stayed at the top level for almost two decades, while Vidic helped United’s defence become a formidable success under Sir Alex Ferguson, but in Stam’s eyes, Van Dijk is the หากคุณสนใจเล่นพนันออนไลน์ที่ดีที่สุด สามารถสมัครสมาชิก UFABET ได้ที่นี่ พร้อมรับโปรโมชั่นพิเศษสำหรับสมาชิกใหม่ better of the pair.
“Virgil van Dijk is one of the best defenders in Premier League history, people always talk about Nemanja Vidic and John Terry – Van Dijk is the better of those two,” Stam told UfabetSports.
“I would put him above both of them for his overall ability as a player. He’s better. There are others who can be mention, but Van Dijk is up there as the best player in the Premier League.”
“What we see now is that he can still perform at a high level under a new manager and I think Arne Slot expects more from him than Jurgen Klopp.”
Van Dijk is one of three key Liverpool players who will be out of contract come the end of the season along with Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Salah has repeatedly discuss his Reds future in public, saying he has been ‘disappoint’ by Liverpool’s stance during contract talks, while Alexander-Arnold has attracted interest from Real Madrid.
Van Dijk has grabbed less headlines than his two Anfield team-mates but Stam says Liverpool will live to regret it if he leaves in the summer.