Liverpool’s resourceful defender Virgil van Dijk is unruffled by the champions’ inability to record a clean sheet at Anfield so far in the 2019/2020 campaig Virgil van Dijk made £750,000 in bonuses for keeping clean sheets in the Liverpool backline last season. Lijnders claims his fixation on shutting out the opposition was a major plank of their success in ending thirty years without the coveted crown. Since then, nine of the 12 winners (well, four names - Kaka, Ronaldo, Messi and Modric) have won the Champions League that season.

He won the, Van Dijk was the only man to play more than 1,000 minutes in Europe's top five leagues last season without being dribbled past. First they have to try and get past our three strikers, who run and fight for every ball. Goalkeeper Alisson's odds were cut to as short as 7-1 after helping Brazil win the Copa America with a 3-1 final victory over Peru this month. ‘He’s just crazy about keeping clean sheets’: Virgil Van Dijk praised by Jurgen Klopp’s assistant Pep Lijnders after Liverpool talisman played every Premier League game for the second season running Virgil Van Dijk has been a colossus for Premier League champions Liverpool The Dutchman was signed for £75m in January 2018 and hit the ground running […] if he doesnt then the award is a joke. Analysis and opinion from our chief football writer. How on earth can you not say he deserves it in a low year for strikers too??

Messi's season ended in characteristic fashion - with a major tournament exit with Argentina. Barcelona's Messi, who has surprisingly not won since 2015, and Juventus's Ronaldo are second and fourth favourites respectively.

Last updated 6:43 PM, Sunday September 08 2019 GMT+1. Impeccable reading of the game, literally every opponent he went up against last season was bound to the seams of his pockets, Champions League Winner, Aerial threat, distribution of the ball, quick feet, pace, strong, assists, the list could go on.. The standard of play at the Copa America rules Allison out, as Brazil simply did the job most expected. Van Dijk was the only man to play more than 1,000 minutes in Europe's top five leagues last season without being dribbled past.

Centre backs will never score loads of goals but they should be given a chance to win the prize too whenever worthy of it. “They have been trained to handle five or six opponents at the same time. Josh is a sports journalist who specialises in football and wrestling. The pair shared the Premier League Golden Boot with Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on 22 goals last season. The last defender to win was Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro in 2006 after leading the Azzurri to World Cup glory. Read about our approach to external linking. The simple answer is the fans. Four of the six favourites to win the Ballon d'Or are Liverpool players, according to comparison website Oddschecker. Ronaldo, now 34, had his worst goalscoring campaign since his final season at Manchester United in 2008-09, with 28 goals in all competitions and failing to win a league or Champions League Golden Boot.

“And what is great about him is that the team can press really high up on the pitch when you have a central defender like Virgil at the back. It's been a long road and it's part of my journey. The pair shared the Premier League Golden Boot with Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on 22 goals last season. “Secondly, his presence in the dressing room. ", Last season he played every Premier League game as Liverpool only conceded 22 goals - the lowest number in any of Europe's top six leagues - and picked up 97 points to finish just behind Manchester City. He's at Liverpool, which probably won't help his cause, but he's first class and deserves it. And who else is in the running? Get latest scores and headlines sent straight to your phone, sign-up to our newsletter and learn where to find us on online. City winger Mahrez, who also won the Africa Cup of Nations with Algeria, is 100-1. Yoda? A very tidy bonus indeed for the 28-year old, though at the same time you'd have to say Liverpool will have been pretty happy to pay out. Virgil van Dijk (Dutch pronunciation: [vɑn ˈdɛik]; born 8 July 1991) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Premier League club Liverpool and captains the Netherlands national team.Considered one of the best defenders in the world, he is known for his strength, leadership and aerial ability.

I'm a United fan and I think he should win the Ballon d'Or because he's made a great difference to an already good attacking Liverpool team but one that was fragile at the back. The shortest odds for any of Manchester City's domestic treble-winning players are Raheem Sterling and Copa America winner Gabriel Jesus at 66-1, the same odds as - for some reason - Tottenham and France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris. Usually they are forwards or creative midfielders - and normally they have just won the Champions League. He won a higher percentage of his duels than any other defender - 245 of 321 (76.3%) and ranked fifth on that list for aerial battles. with a 3-1 final victory over Peru this month.

The most remarkable stat is that nobody has dribbled past the former Celtic player in his past 64 appearances for Liverpool - a run starting in March 2018. He has been published by Curzon Ashton FC, Late Tackle, Manchester City FC, The Mirror, Read Man City and Manchester Evening News.

He won the Golden Boot in both the Champions League (12 goals in 10 games) and La Liga (36 in 34). Liverpool assistant coach Pep Lijnders says Virgil van Dijk is obsessed with clean sheets. seems to only recognise those from the top half of the pitch. Yes he should! The top four were all Liverpool and Manchester City defenders. To use comments you will need to have JavaScript enabled. No doubt over the past 12 months hes been the best player, as much as Messi done great in La Liga, for a defender to not get dribbled past for a whole season says a lot, can't think of any defender to ever do that. Van Dijk, Messi and co will have to wait until an unconfirmed date - most likely in December - to discover who has won this year's award. Van Dijk reportedly earned a £750,000 bonus last season because he reached a target of 22 clean sheets in the campaign, helping Liverpool keep 26 of their 27 in total. who has surprisingly not won since 2015, and Juventus's. Also considered to have outside chances are Reds forwards, who lost the Africa Cup of Nations final with Senegal, and. ", Topics: Liverpool, Football News, Football, LFC, Premier League, Virgil Van Dijk, Champions League. He is such a calm figure.

Despite Ajax's swashbuckling run to the Champions League semi-finals, none of their players are considered contenders, with Dusan Tadic at 175-1 and Frenkie de Jong and Matthijs de Ligt not even given odds. I'm assuming the awarding body (France Football) will not be taking into consideration the thoughts and feelings of bitter supporters of rival PL teams! The only exceptions have been for outstanding goalscoring campaigns - Messi's 91 goals in 2012 and 60 in 2010, and Ronaldo's 66 in 2013. “And with those giant leaps of his, he solves many football problems.”, Hazard slammed over Real Madrid season: He turned up overweight, Solskjaer confident Pogba to sign Man Utd deal and stay.

"I wasn't 18 and went straight to the top," the Dutch defender said. Going into the season, it's said that the former Celtic and Southampton defender set a target of keeping 22 clean sheets and he ended up going four better by keeping 26 in all competitions. “He does not need to talk about leadership, he is showing leadership and his winning mentality in every vein of his body. Jealousy just eating people up, Get over it Liverpool are the champions of Europe and VVD is currently the best defender in the world, Will he be crowned Ballon D'or? Last season he played every Premier League game as Liverpool only conceded 22 goals - the lowest number in any of Europe's top six leagues - and picked up 97 points to finish just behind Manchester City. It's credit to everyone who has helped me. As a result, his shut-out successes saw him collect an extra £750,000 thanks to a 'complex bonus structure' according to The Mirror, citing details published by Football Leaks a few months after he joined Liverpool. Firstly because of his personality,” says Lijnders. The Dutchman is odds-on favourite to win this year's Ballon d'Or - and, "If I am rewarded for the season I had that would be unbelievable and I would be so proud. Virgil van Dijk made £750,000 in bonuses for keeping clean sheets in the Liverpool backline last season. Since arriving at Liverpool from Southampton for £75m he has helped shore up an until-then leaky defence to an unbelievable level, showing lots of leadership qualities too. Van Dijk kept more clean sheets than any defender in Europe's top five leagues, with 20. Beyond the six favourites already mentioned, everyone else seems a long shot. He played 3,385 minutes, only missing the final 35 minutes of a 3-0 win over former side Southampton in September with an injury. He ranked third in successful passes (864) and fourth in percentage of shots saved (77%) in those leagues.

Hazard could be in for chance next year now that he's moved to a big club, like all neutrals I hope a Chelsea or man city player never win it, Both have very small nasty fan bases. Of course he will. Is that one of those stats which sounds more impressive than it is? He provides coverage of professional wrestling and has interviewed some of the biggest names in the field - including the first UK interview with The Hardy Boyz after their return to WWE. So many bitter fans on here today. So what do recent winners have in common? is the only goalkeeper to win the Ballon d'Or, doing so in 1963. Also considered to have outside chances are Reds forwards Sadio Mane, who lost the Africa Cup of Nations final with Senegal, and Mohamed Salah. To enjoy Newsround at its best you will need to have JavaScript turned on. "If I knew Alisson was this good I would have paid double," said Klopp after a crucial save against Napoli prevented them from a Champions League exit in December. In theory, the award is for a calendar year but it is mostly the previous campaign that is taken into consideration, with the shortlist usually named in October and winner announced in December.

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