00:00What's up GQ?
00:01It's Virgil van Dijk.
00:02I'm going undercover on the internet today.
00:04It's actually me.
00:07X.
00:10Who is the hardest player you have come up against?
00:13Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo,
00:15both very, very, very good players,
00:18very difficult to defend.
00:19It's always good to be playing against the best players
00:22in my opinion, because you can always challenge yourself.
00:24You always have to be at your best
00:26and it's a beautiful thing.
00:28Posted.
00:29Who were your idols growing up?
00:31There was one big idol for me, Ronaldinho.
00:35I looked a lot at football, also other defenders,
00:38and the joy that I got at the time
00:40was definitely looking at Ronaldinho
00:42and his tricks was incredible.
00:44Back to X.
00:46Wonder what VVD thinks of the World Cup
00:49being in North America next year.
00:51This tournament is going to be an amazing tournament.
00:53I really would love to be part of the World Cup
00:55and yeah, we have to fight,
00:57but hopefully we can reach it
00:59and be successful there.
01:00Replied.
01:01Instagram.
01:04Kika Colonia.
01:06I wonder if Bro knows he's Aura Farming.
01:10Well, Kika Colonia, I have no clue
01:13what Aura Farming means.
01:15It's actually a nice picture.
01:16I think the jacket looks all right.
01:17So maybe that's the Aura Farming.
01:19Replied.
01:20I-H-A-L-B.
01:23I-H-A-L-B.
01:24How many Premier Leagues have you won?
01:26Now, I-H-A-L-B.
01:27I'm not sure if this is a sarcastic comment
01:30or an actual question.
01:32I can say I won one.
01:33Lost two.
01:37But it's very difficult and I keep going.
01:39I want to win more Premier Leagues.
01:41I want to enjoy all of that again and again and again.
01:44It's an amazing feeling to win.
01:46How do you pronounce this?
01:47Quora.
01:48What is Quora then?
01:50Why do some consider Van Dijk to be one of the greatest
01:52Premier League defenders of all time?
01:55I don't think that should be a question for me to answer.
01:58What I am proud of, and it is a blessing,
02:01is that people are having me in these conversations.
02:04Everyone has different tastes, also different style of playing.
02:07You have different eras, different difficulties
02:10that everyone has had to deal with.
02:11So you can't really compare.
02:13What you can do is appreciate what you see
02:15and don't put people down in order to put others up,
02:19if you know what I mean.
02:20Post it.
02:21So what do you know about Virgil van Dijk?
02:23Well, there's loads of things that you don't know
02:26and I prefer to keep it that way.
02:28I think now it's just focus on being successful
02:31with Liverpool, constantly.
02:33Next.
02:35What is Virgil van Dijk's height?
02:36Well, that's very simple.
02:37I can tell you, that's 6'4", 195 in centimeters.
02:41There's no question about it.
02:43Can Virgil van Dijk stop Messi?
02:45Maybe now, when he's in Inter Miami,
02:48but he's still so good in my opinion,
02:49his dribbling and stuff.
02:51I think he's 2-1 up, so I couldn't probably stop him.
02:54So yeah, what a player.
02:57Reddit.
03:00How many years do you think Virgil van Dijk has left
03:02at the very top level of football?
03:04Very good question.
03:05Well, I can promise that I'm committed to making sure
03:09that there will be plenty more years on the highest level yet.
03:12I feel good and we have to keep going.
03:14So let's see.
03:15Replied.
03:16EA Sports, EA FC game.
03:20This game would be infinitely more fun without Virgil van Dijk.
03:24This guy hounds me every game with the F-teleport from the back and side
03:29at the same time, reach around block tackle when he was 50 meters behind my striker.
03:34Yeah, well, it sounded like you had a very frustrated game there.
03:40Obviously, I've played also EA FC and I've also played against other teams
03:45when they had myself in the back and I can understand what you mean.
03:48And it's frustrating anyway to lose games,
03:50but to have Virgil van Dijk in the back at the opponents.
03:54Sorry, my apologies, but try and get me as well then your team.
03:58Then you can be on the other side of it.
04:00Next.
04:04Everyone has a photo of their younger days that are really cringe to look at.
04:07Van Dijk has this.
04:09What are those Mario looking shoes?
04:11Well, why would you cringe at this picture is my question first and foremost.
04:14This was a really, really good.
04:15Nah, I don't know what I was thinking at the time.
04:18Obviously, I'm Dutch.
04:20The shoes, the clogs, how they call them, they represent Holland, of course.
04:23The trousers could still be rock nowadays, by the way.
04:26I'm not going to lie.
04:27It's part of your development, who you are.
04:29It is what it is.
04:31I'm proud of this picture still as well, by the way.
04:33So, anyone has something to say about this.
04:36Mario looking shoes, I don't give a.
04:41Post it.
04:41VVD without a bun.
04:43He's always reminded me of the quite cool art student at school that never had a problem
04:48with anyone and played guitar.
04:49That's absolutely not true.
04:51I always had problems with others because I was a winner and I played a lot of football at school.
04:55So when my team, when I was playing, would lose, I had problems with everyone.
04:59So yeah, the VVD without a bun.
05:01That's always the case when I'm home.
05:02But when I'm out and about, you'll always see me in a bun.
05:06Next.
05:07VVD is our February play of the month.
05:10Has anyone else never noticed his tattoos though?
05:13Yeah, obviously, I always play with long sleeve underneath my shirt.
05:16Every tattoo has a story.
05:18Part of your development, where you are in a certain point of life.
05:21I think the most important tattoos I have on my arm are the names of my family.
05:27I've actually got number four as well and I've got Peter Pan as well.
05:30A very small one because you will never want to grow up.
05:32That's a good thing you didn't know, by the way.
05:34So now you know.
05:38It's very different, like the best centre-back in Premier League history.
05:41So obviously everyone has different tastes in what they like in a centre-back.
05:46But everyone can have their opinion as they should have.
05:52Ooh.
05:54Baby oil, obviously, smells nice as well.
05:56And making sure my hair looks nice.
05:59We need a hair routine ASAP.
06:01Now, sorry guys, I can't give you the secret behind it.
06:05Sometimes you just have to keep things for yourself.
06:07And this is one of them.
06:09Replied.
06:16What is this?
06:17I think it's passion.
06:18Anyone else?
06:19Obviously, it was before the Champions League final.
06:21But to have everyone with the flares, smoke, singing my song was…
06:25And it's still something that I really, really am so happy and proud of.
06:30And that's why Liverpool, in my eyes, is the most beautiful club in the world.
06:33Have you ever sung it?
06:35Yes, of course, I've ever sung it.
06:38Posted.
06:39Oh, the grid walk in Monaco.
06:42Football is his career.
06:43But what draws him to Formula One?
06:46I like Formula One.
06:47I know Max quite well.
06:48Obviously, the conversations I've had with Max as well.
06:51Sometimes the things you hear is just incredible.
06:53And we can learn, I think, in general a lot from each other.
06:56No, no, I'm far too big for a Formula One car.
06:59I would love to though.
07:01Wikipedia.
07:02Having previously and unsuccessfully featured as a right-back,
07:09Van Eyck was shifted into a central defence position in 2008, age 17.
07:13After he grew in height by around 18 centimetres.
07:17Well, this is a lot of information.
07:19I think a lot of things in it are not correct.
07:24So to put the record straight, I was always a centre-back.
07:27In the beginning stages, obviously, you play around multiple positions as a defender.
07:33But after I got my growth spurt, that wasn't 18 centimetres, by the way,
07:37I started to play regularly in the team, became the captain.
07:41And actually, it only went up.
07:43I went all the way north to Groningen.
07:45There is when I made my debut and had a fantastic time.
07:49And the rest is history.
07:51Next.
07:52He had also named Ronaldinho as his favourite player of all time,
07:56who in turn called Van Eyck the best defender of his generation.
07:59Was that on Wikipedia?
08:00Well, Wikipedia got it correct.
08:03Ronaldinho was definitely my favourite player of all time, my idol.
08:07That's an amazing compliment.
08:08If he said it, I would have loved to have said it.
08:10So hopefully it's true.
08:12Next.
08:13In a 2019 interview with Marca, when Lionel Messi was asked why Van Eyck was so difficult
08:18to beat, the Argentine responded.
08:20He's a defender who knows how to judge his timing and wait for the right moment to challenge
08:25or jockey the attacker.
08:26He's very fast and big, but he has a lot of agility for his height.
08:30Great to hear from one of the best ever.
08:33We played against each other quite a while, especially him and Cristiano Ronaldo.
08:37This era, decade, you know, it's what they have achieved and what they do for the game.
08:43It's impressive and I only got respect.
08:46Tick tock.
08:48Tick tock.
08:50Virgil van Buckets.
08:53I wonder if he would be the best NBA player in the Premier League.
08:56I would love to give it a shot with other players that think they can play.
09:00Not in the actual NBA, by the way, but Premier League players, NBA team.
09:04Posted.
09:08I mean, what's his skincare routine generally?
09:11I used baby oil since I was a baby and I kept doing it in terms of waking up after shower,
09:17baby oil goes on my face.
09:21Is Virgil the first Dutch player to captain a team that wins the league title?
09:25That will always be a big dream, something I would love to be.
09:29Replied.
09:33Van Dijk making defending look easy like it's FIFA on beginner mode.
09:37This particular moment was obviously against Cristiano Ronaldo.
09:40The facts in this video is he won this Champions League final, so he had the last laugh.
09:46Okay, that's it for me.
09:48Thanks for all the questions.
09:49Hopefully you got all the answers that you were looking for.
09:51And I'm going to sign up the internet right now.
09:53See you.
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