The Liverpool stalwart picked his Tottenham Hotspur rival in a 5-a-side team.
Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk is clearly a big fan of Tottenham Hotspur attacker Son Heung-min.
The Ballon d’Or runner-up spoke to the Reds’ official website this past weekend and chose his ideal 5-a-side team of Premier League players.
And Van Dijk, who was forbidden from picking any of his Liverpool team-mates, included the Tottenham forward.
He said: “He’s quick, he’s strong, he goes out there to make life hell on the pitch for a defender. And his finishing – right foot, left foot – is just outstanding so I think I would pick him.”
Here’s how Tottenham fans reacted to the Liverpool star’s comments.
He’s been a brilliant asset for Tottenham down the years, but he has only ever scored one goal against Liverpool during his five-year spell in the Premier League – and it was before Van Dijk joined the Anfield side.
The North Londoners thumped Jurgen Klopp’s side 4-1 in the 2017-18 campaign, a few months before the Dutchman made his £75 million move, and Son was on the scoresheet that day.
But he has scored two goals in head-to-head meetings against Van Dijk when the big centre-back was at Southampton, which is perhaps what Netherlands international is remembering.
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