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title: "Carragher claims Van Dijk can’t be a club legend without winning silverware"
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# Carragher claims Van Dijk can’t be a club legend without winning silverware

Former Liverpool stalwart Jamie Carragher claims Virgil van Dijk must guide the club to silverware before he can be labelled a club legend.

Since signing for the Reds last January, Van Dijk has been a rock at the back for Jurgen Klopp’s men, helping the club to an unbeaten run of 13 Premier League games this campaign, eight of which were clean sheets.

With the former Southampton man’s stock rising, Carragher explained how the Netherlands international must help Liverpool win titles before he can truly write his name into the club’s folklore, with good performances just not enough.

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Speaking on talkSPORT, Carragher explained his feelings on Van Dijk’s status, going as far to say that he doesn’t consider Luis Suarez or Fernando Torres club legends either. Carragher said:

> He \[Suarez\] was possibly the best striker I played with. Ability-wise you look what he’s done for Uruguay in tournaments, winning Champions Leagues and La Ligas with Barcelona. He – possibly ability-wise – is as good as any Liverpool player we’ve ever had in the history of the club.

> You think of people like Ian Rush in terms of ability, but those players took Liverpool to a European Cup, a title – Kenny Dalglish won the double famously with a goal at Stamford Bridge.

> I think with a club of Liverpool’s size, if you want to be remembered as one of the great players or a legend, you’ve got to take the club to something. Luis Suarez came very close to doing that in terms of the title and I think he would’ve done that.

> His name could’ve been right up there with those great attackers but I think the same is with Van Dijk also. At a club the size of Liverpool it’s about winning trophies, it’s not about just playing well for Liverpool.

> A proper Liverpool player takes the club to trophies and to heights they didn’t expect. He’s got the ability to do that.

Despite this, Carragher admitted that the 27-year old defender is among one of the best players playing in the Premier League at the moment. The pundit added:

> I think he’s brilliant. I think he’s the best centre-back in the Premier League and I also think Aymeric Laporte at Man City has been brilliant since he came in.

> Forget his actual position; when you think of maybe the best top ten players you think of Kevin De Bruyne, David Silva, Sergio Aguero, Harry Kane, Mohamed Salah, David De Gea and Eden Hazard as well. I think Van Dijk is actually in that group of players. He’s so good in his position that I think, at this moment in time, he’s up there with the best names in the world.