Matthijs de Ligt (10 Viewers)

Bjerknes

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Mar 16, 2004
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Have you even seen Van Dijk play? He is by far the best central defender in the world right now. This is coming from someone who hates Liverpool and thinks most PL players are overhyped.
Agree about Maguire though, he is nothing special.
I’ve seen him play more times than I would have liked. He isn’t the best defender now, or ever, but is always made out to be so.
 

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Klin

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May 27, 2009
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Van Dijk is very good, no point in denying that, it's just that every little good thing he does gets heavily praised by commentators/fans which is kind of an overkill and thus becomes annoying. Whenever he makes a mistake (Ings' miss in front of goal today for example), nobody gives a slight thought in criticizing him. Any other defender and he would have been tortured.
 

Stevie

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Mar 30, 2003
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He has never been on Chiellini's or even prime Barzagli's level. Yet those two were always seriously under rated as people preferred the likes of Ramos, Puyol or even JT or hummles.
 

Klin

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May 27, 2009
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Exactly. Everyone keeps mentioning his positional play (which again, I'm not saying is bad), but prime Barzagli... oh my. :tuttosport:
 

The Quazis

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Dec 21, 2012
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Have you even seen Van Dijk play? He is by far the best central defender in the world right now. This is coming from someone who hates Liverpool and thinks most PL players are overhyped.
Agree about Maguire though, he is nothing special.
He's one of the best but the best by far? Nah.

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GrandeGigi

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Sep 18, 2012
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Trial by fire. When you play his high line and leave your CBs exposed this often, they either sink or swim. It requires a good deal of athleticism and physicality imo to succeed as a CB in Sarri’s system. I think De Ligt has it and will eventually shine here, like Koulibaly at Napoli.
He does, but I fear the thought of watching Chiellini and Bonucci trying to run backwards chasing a ball in behind them.
 

Elvin

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Nov 25, 2005
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He has never been on Chiellini's or even prime Barzagli's level. Yet those two were always seriously under rated as people preferred the likes of Ramos, Puyol or even JT or hummles.
It's all because of that damn missing CL title.

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Van Dijk is really good, give him credit man. at least not overrated like Sergio Ramos. he is a class!
Sergio Ramos is not overrated, he is a pure winner.
 

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