Virgil van Dijk has picked Olivier Giroud as the hardest striker he has faced in his career to date.
The Liverpool defender has played against some of the greatest strikers in the world during his career for the likes of the Reds, Southampton and the Netherlands. When discussing such rivals with Gary Neville on ‘The Overlap’, he’d name-drop Lionel Messi, Sergio Aguero and Erling Haaland.
Yet it was former Arsenal and Chelsea star Giroud, now on the books of AC Milan, who the Dutchman opted for as he was clearly visibly annoyed when recalling just how many times the World Cup winner has scored goals against him.
