In the run-up to Saturday’s Champions League final against Real Madrid, the BBC a large poll among his visitors, who could put together the best Liverpool ever. Van Dijk was convincingly elected and received no less than 80 percent of the votes as left central defender. Only club icon Steven Gerrard was portrayed more convincingly, the midfielder was in no less than 93 percent of the teams.
The current Liverpool scores particularly well, because Trent Alexander-Arnold, Andrew Robertson and Mohamed Salah are also in it. Salah won but very narrowly against Luis Suarez (32 against 31 percent). The remaining six players all come from before the turn of the century, when the club was very successful both nationally and internationally in the 1970s and 1980s.
Setup: Ray Clemence, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alan Hansen, Virgil van Dijk, Andrew Robertson; Steven Gerrard, Graeme Souness, John Barnes; Mohamed Salah, Ian Rush, Kenny Dalglish.