Virgil van Dijk defends Messi and Mac Allister, this is what our captain had to say

We have reached the first break of the 2023-2024 season due to the international break, in which several of our Liverpool players have traveled with their respective national teams. One of the regulars, being the Netherlands captain, is Virgil van Dijk who has now caught the attention of the international press by defending Argentine star Lionel Messi.

To understand what van Dijk said, it is necessary to know what former Netherlands coach Louis Van Gaal had to say about Lionel Messi's World Cup championship with Argentina in Qatar 2022. In that sense, the former coach of the Clockwork Orange, who lost in the quarterfinals to Argentina, said that Messi's title was "premeditated".

His statements have gone around the world, as Van Gaal has hinted that the World Cup organization wanted Messi to win the title and insinuated that they received help in order to achieve the title. However, the captain of the Dutch national team and Liverpool, Virgil van Dijk, disagrees with what Louis Van Gaal said and came out to defend Lionel Messi and his teammate at Anfield, Alexis Mac Allister.

Virgil van Dijk's words

The captain of the Netherlands and of our Liverpool has proven to be a guy with a lot of personality and a lot of character, not for nothing is he the leader of the biggest team in England and one of the most powerful teams in the world. In response to what Louis Van Gaal said, van Dijk said that neither he nor the rest of the team shares what the former coach said. "It's his opinion. Everyone is allowed to have his opinion. In this case, I don't share that opinion," he said.