If we can win one of the big two this year then he has to go down as one of the biggest signings in our history.
Alisson, Gomez, Trent, Robertson, even Matip and Lovren deserve credit for our defensive improvement but what this bloke has done since signing is absolutely unbelievable. Best centre half in the world at the moment. The way he just bullies people off the ball and then walks away, his whole demeanor says he's always got a situation under control and that has to spread confidence.
People get bogged down talking about captains, at the moment we are growing a team of leaders with captains all over the pitch. It's what we've been asking for since the Benitez era really. As exciting as we were in the early months of Klopp this team is currently unrecognisable from the one he inherited. His coaching deserves all the credit in the world but sometimes you just have to cough the money up for the very best, that's what we've done and it is paying off in a way I don't think any of us really believed it would.
Level with that Chelsea team of 2004/5 is remarkable, especially considering that defending was such a huge part of what they were all about. We are still fundamentally an attacking team, all about creating opportunities and scoring goals. The style has changed from last season but we are still an exciting team to watch, it's just that all of a sudden we have this ability to look like once we're in the lead, nobody can lay a glove. Like I said,everyone deserves credit for that but Virgil has been the spearhead of it. What a fucking signing, what a fucking defender.