A biography for Virgil van Dijkhasn’t been written yet.
“You have to tell each other the truth, you cannot be nice and happy when we want to achieve so much as a team and a club.”
“The season is very long.”
“Scoring goals looks nicer and much more attractive than a last-ditch tackle for younger people.”
“I try to read the game as well as I can.”
“Marco van Basten - I never saw him properly play but I know he was pretty good.”
“At Liverpool, we are all part of one unit, not just the 11 on the pitch.”
“I don't fear anyone.”
“There is always room for improvement in our game.”
“There are always things we can still learn to perfect.”
“The main thing is to try to put in your head that we all start from the bottom.”
“At 16, I was a slow right-back and wasn't good enough to play centre-back.”
“Winning a trophy is important for your mentality.”
“The world can be very cruel.”
“Why make things difficult? Why have tough times when it's not necessary?”
“You have pundits and fans from other teams who will say loads of things and it goes past me. That's life.”
“I won't be a pundit because you have to be saying certain things that you might not even want to, but you have to.”
“If you're nervous you think: 'I don't want to make mistakes or give the ball away.' But you limit your own qualities then.”
“I think Aguero is one of the best strikers in the League. And he's been doing it for many years.”
“I'm a big fan of 'Prison Break' - I've watched it eight times.”
“I love to have the pressure of having to win every game, love the pressure of keeping clean sheets every game, no matter if we're 5-0 or 6-0 up.”