![]() Seriously, for 50 games in the 2018/2019 season, no one could get past this Dutch Destroyer. He was playing in an extremely high line, was able to play 70-yard diagonal passes to the right-wing like his last name was Pirlo and was never dribbled past. Ignoring Twitter’s habit of extremes, in my opinion, he was certainly the best centre-half I had ever seen. I am sure football Twitter had seen Paolo Maldini, Franco Baresi and Fabio Cannavaro all at their peak and came to this rational conclusion. ![]() I guess the question is, what happened to Virgil?Īt the peak of Van Dijk’s powers, there were some calls from the Twitterverse calling him the best centre-half in history. He gets dribbled past, he is sometimes out of position, and he seems allergic to blocking anything inside the box. Yet, there is obviously a difference between the man mountain he was in 2018-2019, to the mortal he is now. I use the word fall partly in jest because the Dutchman is still clearly world-class and one of the best centre-backs in world football. From being undeniably the best centre-back in world football and finishing seco nd in the Ballon d’Or to getting dropped by 34-year-old Ivan Perisic, it’s been quite a ‘fall’ from grace for Virgil Van Dijk.
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