The comments have aged about as well as a pint of milk. Jamie Carragher talking on TV about Virgil van Dijk.

Drooling over the Liverpool defender as if he was some kind of footballing god. "He's too good for the highest level of football," Carragher opined with a straight face, after the Reds beat Tottenham 4-0 in a Carabao Cup semi-final in February last year.

"It feels like there should be another level [for Van Dijk]. He plays the game with such ease. He is the best. There's not even a debate. It's a joke. Football is so easy for him."

Jamie Carragher speaking on Sky Sports(Image: X/SkySportsPL)

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Oh dear. As it turns out, Van Dijk isn't as good as Carragher and all the rest of the Liverpool lovelies thought he was.

In short, the club's decision to hand him a contract extension until 2027 is now turning somewhat sour. The Dutch...