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After missing out on the Best FIFA Mens Player of the Year award, Liverpools defender Virgil van Dijk said that one cannot compare him with Argentine striker Lionel Messi. Messi ended up winning the Best FIFA Mens Player of the year and he triumphed over Portugal/Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo and Liverpools van Dijk. Messi won the Best FIFA Mens Player of the Year for a record sixth time.
stanley cup File image of Virgil Van Dijk REUTERS The people who vote made a decision and you have to accept it. That is just the case and as players, you cant compare me and Messi because its totally different. I am very proud to be here, Goal quoted van Dijk as saying. Van Dijk had earlier triumphed over Messi and Ronaldo to win the UEFA Best Mens Player of the year. Messi scored 51 goals across 50 appearances for the Spanish side, marking his 10th consecutive season with at least 40 finishes. Liverpool defender had helped his side to win Champions League last season and the team fell short to Manchester City in the Premier League. The Reds missed out on the Premier League title by just one point as City finished with 98 points as compared to Liverpools 97. Van Dijk also led his international side Netherlands to the inaugural Nations League final, where they lost
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England manager Roy Hodgson said Marcus Rashford could follow the example of Dele Alli after naming the 18-year-old Manchester United striker in his provisional Euro 2016 squad on Monday. As well as Rashford, there was also a place for in-form Newcastle United winger Andros Townsend, who was preferred to Arsenals Theo Walcott. AP Rashford only made his senior United debut in February, but having scored seven goals in his first 16 appearances, he now has an outside chance of making Hodgsons final squad for the tournament in France. Alli, 20, was playing third-tier football for Milton
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stanley becher convincing Hodgson of the value of selection gambles. Asked if it might be a case of too much, too soon for Rashford, Hodgson replied: Well see. Thats always a danger, I suppose. The alternative of course is that because youre fearful of that danger, you dont select those types of players. If Id have been that fearful of select
stanley isolierkanne ing players, Id have missed out on quite a few good ones. Im thinking in particular of Dele Alli, but I think that would apply also to people like Danny Rose and Eric Dier and Jamie Vardy. If you remember, Jamie Vardy now is on everybodys lips, but he wasnt a year ago in June when I selected him. Then he was a major surprise. Hodgson was speaking to journalists at Wembley after unveiling his provisional 26-man squad, which must be reduced to 23 by the end of the
