‘Big credit to him’: Virgil van Dijk says Liverpool ace is simply a ‘fantastic player’

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Speaking to Liverpool’s official club website, Virgil van Dijk has been waxing-lyrical about Reds captain Jordan Henderson.

Van Dijk and a number of other Liverpool players were asked to pay tribute to the midfielder as he celebrated his 10-year anniversary of signing for Liverpool, and he gave him a glowing review.

What’s been said?

Van Dijk has had nothing but good things to say about the Liverpool skipper.

“Jordan is a great guy, a good human being, a fantastic player, a great captain for the club, a leader. [I have] only positive and good words for him. I had a good relationship with him [before signing for Liverpool]. We were sharing the same agent before I joined the club so we were already in contact then and it helped me a lot to make the decision to come to the club as well, so big credit to him! He is a humble guy, works hard every day. I am just happy for the achievements he has had so far in his career. I am just happy that he is my captain as well,” van Dijk said.

“Being a captain, especially for Liverpool, is a big job, and he is doing it fantastically I think. There are so many things that people don’t see that happen outside the cameras and outside the pitch to be organised and to be done by the captain, and he’s doing it perfectly. Not only for us as a team but if you look at the last two years, for example, during the whole pandemic how much influence he has on the league and how he went about it. It’s only big credit to him and the way he is personally, how kind-hearted he is as well. He wants to look after each other, not only to us as Liverpool, but for the rest of the teams. That’s why he is also one of the captains of the England squad I think.”

Modern legend

Hearing van Dijk speak about Henderson in these terms just shows how much of a modern-day Liverpool legend he is.

The midfielder is one of the most successful captains in the club’s history, and when all is said and done, he’ll have made a lot of appearances for the Reds.

Steven Gerrard left behind massive boots to fill when he departed Anfield, but Henderson has somehow managed to step up and forge his own legacy as a great captain of Liverpool.