https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/23/absolute-joke-paul-merson-fumes-lionel-messi-winning-player-year-virgil-van-dijk-10796079/FFS !!!
Merson is coming out on Virgil's side.
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Paul Merson was deeply unhappy with the decision to award the Fifa Men’s Player of the Year prize to Lionel Messi and believes it’s ‘an absolute joke’ that Virgil van Dijk wasn’t honoured in Milan on Monday night.
Messi, who scored 51 goals in 50 games last season, pipped Van Dijk and great rival Cristiano Ronaldo to the prestigious men’s prize to replace Luka Modric as the official best player on the planet. Van Dijk was the favourite to scoop the award after playing an integral role in Liverpool’s run to the Champions League title, while he also reached the Nations League final with the Netherlands. Lionel Messi was handed the top prize
Merson was astonished that he was overlooked for the top prize on a night where his manager Jürgen Klopp was hailed as the world’s best manager.
Asked if Messi deserved the award, Merson replied: ‘No. No. It’s a joke. Sorry, it’s a joke. ‘He’s just done what he’s done every season. He hasn’t taken them to another level. He didn’t take them to win the Champions League. That’s what Barcelona are all about. ‘How many does he get against Alaves? You win it because you’ve done something special.
Van Dijk has done something special. They’ve won the Champions League, Liverpool. ‘That’s what Barcelona wanted to win. If you asked Barcelona what do you want to win the league or the Champions League? They’d’ve gone the Champions League.
‘For me it’s an absolute joke, that. An absolute joke. Paul Merson wasn’t impressed
‘You know why he’s won that?
Because that started in 2016, Ronaldo won it the first two years and then Modric won it last year. So they’ve got to give Messi it.
‘What (Ed: The f**k) does Van Dijk have to do? He’s taken Holland to the final of the European thing… I just can’t. He took them to another level. ‘Messi has not taken Barcelona to another level last year. He never took them to another level, he’s just done what he does all the time.
Van Dijk took this Liverpool team to an absolute other level. ‘If the coach is getting the coach of the year, how is the player not getting the best player?’
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