It is a two-horse race for the Ballon d’or as Lionel Messi and Virgil van Dijk fight it out for the biggest individual prize in football, but there is some discrepancy between bookmakers.
William Hill make the Liverpool centre-back 8/11 (1.73) favourite to become the first defender since Fabio Cannavaro to win the prize after a successful season with the Reds.
The Dutchman helped Jurgen Klopp’s men to a second-place in the Premier League, securing 97 points along the way, and then lifted the Champions League trophy in June after a 2-0 win over Tottenham in Madrid.