Klopp: Van Dijk Deserves to be UEFA's Best Player

Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool coach, believes Virgil van Dijk deserves this year's UEFA best player award. According to him, Van Dijk is very consistent this season

"Brillian! This is very big appreciation, I want to immediately call him, but he must go on stage, I am very happy for him." "I'm also happy for us because he knows that without our players, he can't win the prize," Klopp said on Liverpool's official website.

"This is a gift for all of us (Liverpool), but we send our big players to take it, it's very rare for defenders, yes, we all like goals, we want to score and see, but more than that people are happy with art hold on. "

The election of Van Dijk is not without reason. Despite his failure to lead English League champions Liverpool, he still won the victory by winning the Champions League.

Van Dijk was also selected as the best player in the Champions League final against Tottenham Hotspur. In addition, he also won the title of England's best player in 2019.

"Van Dijk is an extraordinary defenseman, currently 100 of the best defensemen in the world, so he deserves the award, which was the culmination of last year's Champions League victory." Klopp

This season, Van Dijk has defended Liverpool in three Premier League matches. The Reds also won the match.

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