With Liverpool progressing to the final of the Champions League, their fans are on cloud nine. So, they cannot be blamed for getting a little carried away on social media.
Liverpool are a very good team and also have a great manager in Jurgen Klopp. They are on course for a historic quadruple and have already become the first team to reach every possible final in a single season.
Unfortunately, the player hype is reaching fever pitch. Michael Owen, following Liverpool’s 3-2 win at Villarreal said: “I think Virgil van Dijk is the best centre-half of all time.
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“He’s bigger than everyone, he’s stronger than everyone, he’s faster than everyone. I have never seen anything like it. how can you get any better than that?”
Luis Diaz also impressed when he came on as a substitute at half-time. There is no questioning his impact since arriving in January, a transfer which the club were only spurred into when Tottenham’s interest came to light.
Now fans are hailing the Colombian as the greatest ever January signing. After 21 games.
Thankfully, there is a very simple answer to both ‘the best Premier League centre-back of all time’ and ‘the best January signing of all time?’. Nemanja Vidic.
The Serbian joined backing 2005 for £9.5million and went on to win multiple Premier League titles, domestic trophies and the Champions League title over nine-and-a-bit years. His formidable partnership with Rio Ferdinand has, arguably, never been matched.
During this time in England, Vidic was named Premier League player of the season on two occasions. Many United fans may debate that Jaap Stam or Ferdinand was a better centre-back, but none will disagree that the Serbian wasn’t the best value for money January signing ever.
And on social media fans were offering the same defence. Here is a selection of the responses from Twitter:
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