Van Dijk backed by Stam after rant from ex-captain - but Netherlands underwhelming

Former Man United and Netherlands centre-back Jaap Stam believes criticism of Virgil van Dijk has been unfair NED

Suarez's Uruguay take on Ghana, South Korea face Portugal, Brazil to come'stupid'Lukaku puts fist through dugout and consoled by Henry as Belgium out of World CupMartinez steps down as Belgium manager with decision made before tournament“But Van Basten is expecting Van Dijk to step up and take initiative, rather than just playing the ball to the left or the right.

“So I’m not always agreeing with Van Basten’s comments. But you can understand why people expect a lot from him and you want him to be a big influence, especially when the team is not paying well.“You need to do it by being very vocal and getting players in better positions, so in the end you can play better football. Maybe he can do that a little bit better.“But that’s the difficulty about being on the outside. You don’t know what the game plan is from the manager.

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