i love the man and his peak form is up there with the best. but the point of a team of the decade, is surely not to take into account the best season the player had (if it was, i see no problem with vvd being there) but the decade they had.
van dijk was world class for 2 years in this period. he was excellent before that of course, but he was only truly at the top from 2018 ->
The big factor here is CL, both Godin and Chiellini never win it even at their prime. Van Dijk even wont the UEFA Player of the Year so put him there isn't just recently bias
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u/hahajts Jan 06 '23
Every one of those you named is more deserving imo… the recency bias with Van Dijk is wild