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"Every Champions League winning team needs a player like Van Dijk."When you see him as calm as he is, it rubs off and everybody has that belief."Van Dijk is the player you need to put the #UCL top strikers to sleep!@Glen_Johnson Virgil Van Dijk. pic.twitter.com/WDLqcJ516B— talkSPORT (@talkSPORT) March 14, 2019Johnson, who spent six years at Anfield, admits a small part of him is jealous he never got to play alongside the Dutchman.I wouldve liked to have him at Liverpool [when I was there], he added.But, to be fair, we did have top centre-halves at the time as well. We had [Daniel] Agger and [Martin] Skrtel.
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