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#4 His impact
Which brings us to this point – his impact. It won’t be wrong to claim that Virgil Van Dijk is the greatest signing Liverpool have made in this decade. Sure, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane have been exceptional too but remember how their goals became worthless due to Liverpool’s poor defense?
Ever since Van Dijk joined the Reds, they became one of the best teams in terms of defending. Liverpool’s defense used to be a joke but now, it won’t be wrong to say that they are among the top 3 in the world in defensive quality.
In fact, statistically, they are the best, as Liverpool conceded the fewest league goals among the teams in the top 5 leagues in the world (22). And this is not possible if just one defender is good – that is the impact of Van Dijk.
He has made his defensive peers better.
