Jamie Carragher – who made 737 Liverpool appearances – believes Virgil van Dijk will go down as “one of the greatest players to ever play” for the club.
Speaking on CBS’ Champions League coverage after his late header secured the Reds a win over Atletico Madrid, he said: “At Liverpool, a lot of people get called legends because they’ve won the league or won the Champions League – there’s lots of them.
“But, if you want to differentiate between them and the giants of the club – I’m talking Stevie [Gerrard], Kenny Dalglish, [Graeme] Souness, Alan Hansen, John Barnes, Mo Salah – the top seven or eight players. Without a doubt he’s right in the middle of that, he’s not at the bottom of that list I assure you.
“He will go down as one of the greatest players to ever play for Liverpool. Not one of the great centre-backs, one of the greatest players.”
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