Centre-back confirms he’s ready to replace Virgil van Dijk

We have seen the primary indicators of that with Giovanni Leoni becoming a member of in the summertime. Sooner or later, Mor Talla Ndiaye or Ifeanyi Ndukwe may simply be a part of that defensive line-up as effectively.

However within the meantime Liverpool want a centre-back for the now. Somebody who is able to be a part of and able to are available in and substitute Van Dijk.

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There aren’t many centre-back choices available on the market of that calibre. Van Dijk is the perfect defender on this planet. He has commanded Liverpool’s defence for the final near decade.

Coming in to fill his sneakers goes to have huge stress on any participant. You are going to should be the easiest and there is one participant proper now who’s proving this precisely.

Should you have been to look at Tottenham on Tuesday night time within the Champions League you’d have seen the proper successor emerge.

Borussia Dortmund could have misplaced 2-0 to Thomas Frank’s facet however Nico Schlotterbeck got here out with a really optimistic impression, producing a efficiency that confirmed he was prepared to hitch Liverpool and able to play within the Premier League.

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Regardless of his group’s drab displaying, Schlotterbeck managed to finish essentially the most passes (59) within the sport, win essentially the most duels (12) and essentially the most tackles (6).

At occasions he was single-handedly main the again line and stopping Tottenham from scoring extra. With out him within the facet, Tottenham may have gone onto win the sport 4 and even 5 nil.

That is how necessary and that is how a lot of a lifeline Schlotterbeck gave his facet. He in the end may not have made a distinction on the end result however positively the general scoreline.

Solely the easiest defenders are able to having such an affect. Van Dijk has been in a position to do this for Liverpool for a few years.

Schlotterbeck confirmed he may have an analogous affect and that he’s able to getting into the sneakers of the Reds’ membership legend.

The German is solely the proper participant to interchange Van Dijk.