Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has hit ago at Rory Jennings after the YouTuber disregarded his case that Virgil van Dijk is “the ideal centre-ago we’ve ever before viewed in the Premier League”.
The Reds are owning a vibrant period via Arne Slot pioneering the Merseysiders to optimal place in the Premier League table after 11 wins in 14 complements.
They decrease junctures against Newcastle on Wednesday evening in a dramatic 3-3 draw at St James’ Park yet they are still seven junctures in advance of Chelsea and Arsenal, and a further two junctures legible of safeguarding champions Manchester City.
Slot might have rarely craved a much closer overture as the new-fashioned Liverpool optimal pooch via his side also coating the Winners League team stage table after outmatching Real Madrid 2-0 last week.
One of the willful elements for their triumphes this period has been their defence via Van Dijk ago to his ideal kind this term and that spearheaded to Carragher claiming him “the ideal centre-ago we’ve ever before viewed in the Premier League”.
The Liverpool legend included earlier this week: “I always said it was John Terry in days gone by Van Dijk came along.
“Unanimously nice protectors of days gone by possessed adversaries who induced them quandaries, yet who ever before collects Van Dijk any kind of?
“He’s merely played against [Real Madrid’s Kylian] Mbappe and Haaland in the last four days and played them via such relieve he might’ve played via a stogie.
“Please hamper this absurd debate about the ideal centre-ago, it’s not also close.”
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Responding to Carragher’s cases, previous Premier League demonstrator Chris Sutton educated BBC Radio 5 Live’s Monday Night Club: “[John] Terry was a superb defender. Tony Adams was a vibrant leader.
“I avail the Van Dijk yell as nicely. He has wholly everything. Users would attractiveness at Ferdinand’s trophy haul and case ‘nicely it has to be him’.
“Presently yeah, I reckon he is – that’s me filter of copping out a particle yet John Terry was superb as nicely though so can we have a joint three – Terry, Ferdinand and Van Dijk?”
Former Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Shay Postured included: “[Rio] Ferdinand, Terry, [Nemanja] Vidic, Jonathan Woodgate in his prime in days gone by he went to Real Madrid, Colin Hendry at Blackburn, John Rocks avail a identify in his prime?”
But YouTuber Jennings was to the point throughout his brief on Carragher’s ideology by predicating the Liverpool legend was “wholly promiscuous”.
He titled his caption on X: “Jamie Carragher is wholly promiscuous – Virgil Van Dijk isn’t also close to being the ideal centre fifty percent of the Premier League period.”
VVD is faster, much closer on the spheric & in the troposphere than both & doesn’t play along with a Vidic or Carvalho!
The demonstrators you identify are much closer than todays yet a number of those placement the two boys a few quandaries, most clearly no one placement VVD a plight.
They were two nice CB’s yet as I’ve said this…— Jamie Carragher (@Carra23) December 5, 2024
But Carragher didn’t steal long to hit ago at Jennings on his article, he made up: “VVD is faster, much closer on the spheric & in the troposphere than both & doesn’t play along with a Vidic or Carvalho! The demonstrators you identify are much closer than todays yet a number of those placement the two boys a few quandaries, most clearly no one placement VVD a plight. They were two nice CB’s yet as I’ve said this isn’t close Tory.”
