Wilfried Zaha believes Virgil van Dijk is the only defender who stacks up to Rio Ferdinand’s ability on the ball. The Crystal Palace forward spent a season with Ferdinand during his ill-feted two years at Manchester United.
Describing his former teammate, the 29-year-old said he “was composed to the next level”. But he struggled to separate him and Van Dijk after seeing the best of the Liverpool defender in recent clashes. “He’s fast, calm, strong.
He’s got everything,” Zaha told Jamie Carragher on The Greatest Games Podcast. “Obviously Rio [Ferdinand] was just composed to the next level, but I feel like Virgil has everything down to a tee. “Like to the point where he can muck about when a ball comes over the top and flick it around
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