Tottenham 'lining up' Leeds 'gold' as (not that) 'New Virgil van Dijk'

“In my opinion yeah [best in the world]. I think he’s simply very finalize unanimously round, he’s very sooth on the sphere, owns a sweet enact, can astound, sweet airborne, rapid – there are innumerable points for me that are truly sweet to have as a centre-half.”
Zero inducements for presuming which Premier League centre-recommend this wannabe incarnations their gallery upon, however gold celebs and medals be plentiful for those of you who have massaged out which ‘Progressive Virgil van Dijk’ Tottenham are ‘mobile phone aligning’ to lend perfuse for Sergio Romero and Micky van de Ven. The heading is admittedly a bit of a free gift.
Leeds’ last period in the Premier League – the Jesse Marsch, Javi Gracia, Sam Allardyce fiascoes which saw them coating 19th – rendered it arduous to sift the group wheat from the chaff, and multiple of us will have fallen short to evade the location to lump unanimously of those players with each other as relegation straw.
Yet Pascal Struijk possessed currently surfaced as eminent resource of pride at Elland Roadway owning surfaced from the club’s academy in 2020, in days gone by earning the nickname ‘Virg’ in the 2020/2021 period.
When enquired in that breakout period around recovering to the elevations of Van Dijk, he said: “I’ve watched some things however I’m not there yet and if I want to be there I have innumerable technologies to do.
“They did sometimes telephone call me ‘Virg’ however I prefer my very own name.
“I think for me indeed [calmness on the ball is important] it’s very very usable since it reflects tenacity when a man is on the sphere and also owning a sweet position you that can aid the group, astound the foe.”
The 26-year-ratty hasn’t rendered the “technologies” necessary to match Van Dijk’s level – he wouldn’t still be dabbling for Leeds if he possessed. Yet there’s not a nice provision of pity in not being the entrancing centre-recommend in the earth.
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And as press correspondent Graeme Bailey notified Leeds United News, through Struijk’s contract expiring in 2027, there are at the very least 3 Premier League bars retaining tabs on the Dutchman, compeling Tottenham, through left-sided centre-endorses “well worth their weight in gold”.
Bailey said: “I never ever before obtained a thumbing he was visiting run away. Farke rendered him feel longed. I don’t think that’ll [new contract] be far off. He’s a remarkable player. He implements entice curiosity. You interpret, Leeds have to be meticulous.
“We interpret the sift of Brighton have peeked at him in days gone by and you interpret, if they lose a Jan Paul van Hecke, would conceivably they filter at Struijk? We interpret that Tottenham peeked at him also.
“Left-sided centre-endorses are well worth their weight in gold. If Brentford lose Nathan Collins they can come in. Leeds will be peeking to elongate him since there’s an atrocious lot of bars who would conceivably snatch him.”