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Former Chelsea defender, William Gallas has named the team that has the best defence in the Premier League this season.
According to Gallas, Liverpool has the best defence in the English top-flight league because captain Virgil van Dijk has nurtured Ibrahima Konate.
The Frenchman noted that the partnership of both players is very strong.
The 2024/25 Premier League is currently in the second half of the campaign, after 21 games played.
“If you look at Liverpool, they have the best defence in the Premier League this season,” Gallas told Prime Casino.
“Van Dijk has nurtured Konate. He has allowed Konate to go to another level and Liverpool has been rewarded with a monster.
“That partnership, they are very strong, because van Dijk, even if he’s a captain, he is still the boss of the defence line.
“Konaté, when you look, he doesn’t speak really to the defence. He just follows what van Dijk is doing.
“That is how Konaté has gone to another level and, when van Dijk leaves the club, it will be the turn of Konaté to be the boss of the defence and to next to teach the next player that comes along.”
