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When Liverpool Renewed Virgil van Dijk‘S Contract, They Did More Than Just Tie Their Star Defender Down to New Two-Year Deal.
Van dijk is more than a world-class center-back; He’s more, Even, Than a Peerless Skipper. The Netherlands Icon has transcended his post as one of Liverpool’s Star Players, Immortalizing His Name in Liverpool Lore, Right Up There Alongside Alan Hansen.
Yes, Yes, He turns 34 Next Month. And, well, yes, liverpool will need to be more careful in managing their captain’s minutes as he reaches the autumn days of his illustrious Premier league Career.
But van dijk leads by example, and that’s on and off the field. He’s more than a defender; He’s a Leader and Rousing Force. Tune in to to Liverpool on the Television, and you’ll Hear the 6 Foot 4 Star Baying at His Teammates Before Heading Out of the Tunnel, Switching Them Into Gear.
Let’s Enjoy Him While We Can, Becuse Fsg’s Transfer Chief, Richard Hughes, is Already Hard at Work Trying to Stere-Term Heir.
Dean Huijsen Was Written in the Stars to Succeed Van Dijk at Anfield. After A Stunning Breakout Campaign at Bournemouth Last Year, the 20-Year-Old Became One of the Most Sought-After Young Players in Europe, Haled for His Incredible Potential.
Van Dijk Left Southampton to Sign for Jurgen Klopp‘S Liverpool, and Huijsen Could Have Followed A Similar Path, Each Proving A Cut Above. Moreover, Huijsen, While A Spanish International, was born and reared in Amsterdam to dutch Parents Before Raocating to Spain when He was five.
It felt like the perfect move for the player, Moving to Liverpool, Emulating One of the Greatest Defenders of Hist Generation – And Technically A Countryman at That.
Well, Real Madrid Clearly Turned A Blind Eye to Such A Potic Story, for they brushed Premier League Competition Aside to Activate The Prodigy’s £ 50m Release Clause And Bring Him Home.
Arne Slot Still Needs a New Central Defender, and While Huijsen is a one-of-a-kind talent, There Might Just Be an Alternative Option Waiting Across the Continent, Having Been of A Vested Interest to Liverpool in the past.
Huijsen’s off the cards, yada yada, but he’s not the only talented center look to take the next step in his career.
According to Portuguese Outlet the gameLiverpool are interested in Sporting Lisbon’s Goncalo Inacio23, Once Again, Having Been Routinery Linked With The Dynamic Defender Across the Past Couple of Years.
The Left-Foted Defender has € 60m (£ 50m) Release clause in his contract, but suitors are optimistic that they can engineer a more agreesable figure.
However, with Manchester United and Newcastle United Thought to Be Inrestred Too, Fsg Will Need To Up The Ante If they Wish to Find A Fitting Long-Term Van Dijk Heir.
INACIO has Yet to Compet Away from His Portuguee Homeland, but he has been exactly done that badly in Portugal, Appearing 213 Times for Sporting After graduating from Their Academy.
Journalist Antonio Mango has been draw attention to inacio’s “insane” rage of passing, and that’s corroborateed by the data, for inacio has completed an average of 89% of his across his senior career, as Recorded by whoscored.
Moreover, inacio’s aerial ability suggests he could offered a similar level of ability in that look as huijsen, whose rasy frame and comprehe, leading to expert timing, is something that would have seen him exceed expectations when steping into van dijk’s boots at liverpool.
His Modern-Tailored Style is exactly What Liverpool Are Looking for, and He’s a Left-Sided Center-Back Besides. To add further substance to the argument, this is a player who has been tracked by liverpool for a number of years, and he’s only got better and better.
HAVING BEEN AN INFORNANTIAL MEMBER OF A TWO-TIME LIGA PORTUGAL-WINNING BACKLINE In Recent Years, INACIO HAS FOSTERED THE PERFECT MENTALITY FOR A PLACE IN LIVERPOOL’s First Team, and HE’S ALSO BILESED WITH A TECHNIC LEVEL THAT MOST OTHER CENTRAL DEFENDERS ACLOSS of.
Most, goal not all. Huijsen can certainly thrown down with the portuguee ace on that front, and when racking up the respective players’ skills against each other, you can see that both offered similarities.
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Stats (per 90) |
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Goals + Assists |
0.20 |
0.19 |
Keys |
91.48 |
74.94 |
Completion pass |
89.7% |
83.4% |
Attempted passes |
83.61 |
60.26 |
Progressive passes |
7.34 |
4.89 |
Progressive carrie |
1.28 |
1.52 |
Shot-Creating Actions |
1.72 |
1.59 |
Ball Recoveries |
4.67 |
3.89 |
Tackles + interceptions |
2.75 |
3.23 |
Crackers |
2.91 |
7.34 |
Blocks |
1.08 |
1.48 |
Aeriel Duels Won |
2.04 |
2.52 |
All Data via Fbref |
Huijsen is a strong defender, but his ranges of passing and creativity, his ability to play through the line, are the facets that define him as a future superstar.
Inacio Perhaps Outperforms Him in that look, and if placed in Slot’s High-Flying Liverpool System, You can only imagine the Progress He Could Make, Following the Likes of Cody Gakpo and Ryan Gravenberch in Making Remarkable Progress Under the Dutchman’s Wing.
Further to the Point, inacio Made Only One Defensive Error Across His 28 Top-Flight Appearances Last Term, Whereas Huijsen Made Four Playing for Bournemouth in the Premier League, Albeit Playing at What is considering a high level, in More Intense and Rigorous Conditions.
He’s not perfect, But the Portugal International has the making of an Elite-Level Defender, and he could de la dream Huijsen alternative if signed this summer, learning from van dijk over the next couple of years before breaking away from the reds legend’s shadow and becoming Down the line.