Jordan Henderson was quick to defend Liverpool teammate Virgil van Dijk after a fake quote from Michael Ballack was widely circulated on social media.
Several outlets reported that Ballack had claimed that Van Dijk was fortunate to be playing in an era when the quality of Premier League attackers is seemingly not as high as it has been in the past, inferring that he may have struggled against those players.
It is claimed that Ballack said: “Virgil van Dijk is very lucky to play in an era where there is no Drogba, Lampard, Alan Shearer, Henry, Rooney, Van Persie, Tevez, Adebayor and Diego Costa in the Premier League." Even though the German never uttered those words, the quote has been widely shared on social media, and Henderson caught
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