5 Best players of the 2018/19 Premier League season

#1 Virgil Van Dijk

Virgil Van Dijk, the great wall of Liverpool.

The Premier League's player of the season award, the PFA player of the year award and right now, the best centre-half in Europe, it is none other than Virgil Van Dijk who takes the top spot on our list.

Liverpool has finished the Premier League at the second spot and made it to the Champions League final two seasons in a row and a lot of credit should surely go the Dutch defender.

The Dutchman was signed in January 2018 from Southampton for a fee of around £75 million which was criticised initially.

But in just one and a half seasons, he has justified his price tag and cemented himself as one of the most solid defenders in the world at the moment. Van Dijk has transformed the once porous Liverpool defence into a solid, tightly-knit unit.

Van Dijk has been one of the first names in the team sheet for Liverpool this season. .

The most astonishing fact about Van Dijk is that he has not been dribbled past in the league since way back in March 2018.

Along with such defensive prowess, the 6 feet 4 inches tall defender is always a threat in the set pieces. He has scored 4 crucial goals for his team this season in the league.

With 74% tackle success, 89.7% pass accuracy, 76.3% duel win and 74.9% aerial duel win, Virgil Van Dijk is not only the best defender in the Premier League but also in the entire world right now.

He is now also a serious contender for the Ballon d'Or honour which is the highest individual award in football.