Rio Ferdinand believes that Liverpool star Virgil van Dijk should not have been awarded UEFA's Men's Player of the Season award, as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo remain the best talents on the planet.
Van Dijk marshalled the Reds backline throughout a stunning 2018-19 season which saw the club fall just short of a memorable double.
The Merseysiders won their first Champions League title since 2005 with victory over Tottenham in the final, while they were pipped to the Premier League crown by just one point by Manchester City in a two-horse race that went down to the wire.