Virgil van Dijk was measured with 34.5 km/h in the last Champions League season and was the fastest player in the whole competition.
The central defender put down the sprint late in the 3-0 defeat against FC Barcelona in the first leg of the semi-final. Despite a 3-0 deficit, the central defender sprinted back to his own penalty area after a late corner at this speed.
Van Dijk is thus displacing Manchester City’s Leroy Sane and Kyle Walker, Reals’ Gareth Bale and Nemanja Radonic from Red Star Belgrade to places two to five.
The Dutchman won the premier league with Liverpool, finished second in the Premier League with the Reds just behind Manchester City and is now the favourite for the Ballon d’Or.
