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Vincent Kompany Says Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk Is EPL's Best Ever Centre-Back

Vincent Kompany has labelled Liverpool star Virgil van Dijk as the best centre-back of the Premier League era.

Kompany, a Manchester City icon, was speaking to the media ahead of his testimonial on Wednesday at the Etihad Stadium, and he was asked who he thought the best centre-back was since the inception of the Premier League, per Goal:

"I would bring it back to Virgil van Dijk, he's not been on the scene as long as [John] Terry, [Rio] Ferdinand who have been around for a long time, but the signs he's shown in the last few years.