UEFA vote for POTY tomorrow. Virgil is WAY ahead on the popular vote (71% when I looked) in the bbc poll. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/49462863
Liverpool's number one Alisson Becker was named the 2018/19 UEFA goalkeeper of the year at the awards in Monaco, following a fantastic first season at Anfield. Alisson kept a clean sheet in the famous comeback second-leg victory against Barcelona, and made a string of important saves in the final against Tottenham, as Liverpool won the competition for the sixth time.
Was beaming like a Proud Mother to see the two Behemoth's(VVD and Alison) in our backline sitting amongst Messi & Ronaldo and holding their own cause they obviously bloody well belong in that Elite bracket now and They are REDS!!!!!!!!!
Spanish football expert Guillem Balague on BBC Radio 5 Live: "Van Dijk deserves it, he has been a breath of fresh air in so many ways. Not just in the way he plays but how he acts too, he is a leader but without having to shout. He is a centre-back that does not need to tackle. "He is somebody that has changed, seeing the statistics and results, the way Liverpool defend. He is the ultimate modern centre-back. "I am glad for him, I really like him and when I spoke to him last season he showed the coolness off the pitch that he has on it. Perhaps we are seeing the end of an era too because I don't know how many times we will see Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi as top three in Europe again." Italian football expert Mina Rzouki: "There is no argument about it. Defenders tend to make the difference in teams and sometimes they do not get recognised for it. Van Dijk transformed Liverpool in so many ways and his assuredness gave them the platform to play their attacking football. "He is so strong at the back and he has made such a difference from how the side were before to how they are now. Liverpool are brilliant a lot of the time because of him." German football expert Raphael Honigstein: "Van Dijk deserves it because he is the symbol of the team. He is the captain without the armband and won the award as the figurehead and personality. He was one of the outstanding performers in European football."
Virgil van Dijk's landslide UEFA award points total - and what it means for Ballon d'Or https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/virgil-van-dijks-landslide-uefa-19034718 #1, #5 and #6. Not bad. UEFA Men's Player of the Year votes 1 Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool & Netherlands) – 305 points 2 Lionel Messi (Barcelona & Argentina) – 207 points 3 Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus & Portugal) – 74 points 5 Sadio Mané (Liverpool & Senegal) – 51 points 6 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool & Egypt) – 49 points 7 Eden Hazard (Chelsea/Real Madrid & Belgium) – 38 points 8= Matthijs de Ligt (Ajax/Juventus & Netherlands) – 27 points 8= Frenkie de Jong (Ajax/Barcelona & Netherlands) – 27 points 10 Raheem Sterling (Manchester City & England) – 12 points
Your list is missing #4, who happens to also play for Liverpool. Virgil van Dijk - 307 points 2️⃣ Lionel Messi - 205 3️⃣ Cristiano Ronaldo - 74 4️⃣ Alisson Becker - 57 5️⃣ Sadio Mane - 51 6️⃣ Mo Salah - 49 7️⃣ Eden Hazard - 38 8️⃣ Matthijs de Ligt - 27 9️⃣ Frenkie de Jong - 27 Raheem Sterling - 12 4 of Europe’s 6 best players play for Liverpool Football Club. What a time to be supporting the Reds.
Not to mention THAT save vs Napoli that put Luverpool through. What a keeper we've got (no pun intended).
By the way - it is one of the ugliest poorly designed trophies that I have ever seen. It’s like someone stopped working halfway through it.
Congrats Virgil! Virgil van Dijk has agreed his massive new contract with Liverpool. The fresh terms give him a considerable uplift on the £125,000-a-week basic he had, to near £200,000-a-week and tie him to the six-time European Cup winners until 2025 - LFCTransferRoom
Or .... hasn't happened, according to the Echo, and Virgil doesn't know about any new deal ... https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/08/virgil-van-dijk-liverpool-contract-bemused-10705979/