Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk 'does not share the opinion' of his former manager
Virgil van Dijk has publicly disagreed with former Netherlands manager Louis van Gaal's recent comments suggesting last year's World Cup was fixed to see Lionel Messi win the title.
Half an hour more was still not enough to separate them, and so a penalty shoot-out settled the eventful tie 4-3 in Argentina's favour. Van Gaal, 72, who had been diagnosed with prostate cancer earlier in the year, subsequently brought down the curtain on his third stint as the head of his country's national team despite technically remaining unbeaten from 20 matches.
However van Dijk, who was in part responsible for his team's exit due to a poor penalty saved by Emiliano Martinez, was quick to deny the theory upon his arrival at the Netherlands' training camp yesterday.
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