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Oxlade-Chamberlain: Van Dijk is the best centre back in the world

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Liverpool midfielder Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain claimed that teammate Virgil van Dijk is the best centre back in the world.

The Dutchman has enjoyed a phenomenal season where he has truly risen to world class status, and Oxlade-Chamberlain has jokingly taken credit for the player’s success while gushing about him.

However the Liverpool midfielder cheekily added that he wouldn’t repeat the claim about the defender being the best in the world again.

“I take the lead you follow [motioning to Van Dijk], he said during a video on the club’s official Youtube account [2:58]. “That’s off the pitch but it’s also on the pitch, and that’s what has brought you to the position you are in today.

“As, for me, the best centre back in the world – and I ain’t going to say that again,” he finished.

OPINION

Oxlade-Chamberlain, however serious he was or was not being, is bang on the money here. There is no centre back in world football playing as well as Van Dijk right now. It’s incredible the rise of the Dutchman, to be honest. It’s easy to forget that when Liverpool paid £75million for him in January 2018 everybody was saying that they’d overspent. Now, though, it’s fair to look at that sum as an absolute bargain. Van Dijk has made a mockery of it and he’s gotten better and better since he’s been at Anfield. How much of the credit for that should go to Oxlade-Chamberlian… who knows. However, it’s clear to see the chemistry between the two Reds stars – and all the players – in this video. That is probably a big reason for the success of the team this season. They all get along so well and it’s helping them to get better every day on the training pitch, which obviously then translates to matches.

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