Jurgen Klopp has constructed a dressing room filled with leaders at Liverpool however the current performances of 1 man has led to a pundit sharing some robust opinions on the choice for him to be carrying his armand.
Talking to Soccer Information, Gertjan Verbeek mentioned: “I believe Van Dijk is a first-class wimp. I’d instantly take away his captain’s armband.
“He has to imply much more as a captain. He has to place issues down. It occurs to him. At one level he lets Geertruida drown after which he stands there after the primary aim, like: blablabla. The place was he then?”
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It appeared like some very robust opinions from the Feyenoord supervisor and he definitely hasn’t held again in his criticism of Virgil van Dijk, the person who has simply captained his workforce to a 3-0 victory over Gibraltar of their second UEFA Euro qualifier match.
The 31-year-old has received each trophy out there at Anfield and was voted within the FIFA workforce of the 12 months for 2022, so his credentials couldn’t be higher as having a footballing CV that deserves a captaincy.
As for his management abilities, though not being our skipper, our No.4 has proved to be an in a position deputy for each Jordan Henderson and James Milner and his 41 video games as our captain is a stat that has solely been bettered by 38 folks in our historical past (by way of LFC Historical past).
It looks as if it was the cool factor to do, to love the previous Southampton man and say that he was the very best within the enterprise however now it’s apparently higher to say that he’s previous it.
There was some performances which have fallen beneath his excessive efficiency stage of the previous, since his severe knee harm towards Everton, however to slander our centre-half like that is nothing wanting outrageous.
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