“Come back”, “Rolls Royce”, “Should never have left” – Celtic fans serenade former star on Twitter

Virgil van Dijk has cemented his place as one of the finest centre-halves in world football and he has come a long way since he first walked through the doors of Parkhead, which he talks about in a Goal interview this week.

Van Dijk signed for the Hoops from Groningen for £2.6m and it soon became clear that he was head and shoulders above any other player in the league. His biggest flaw was that he borderline refused to get out of second gear, not that he needed to.

He was signed in 2013 and left for Southampton in 2015 so never faced any real challenge domestically because of Rangers “adventures” in the lower leagues but his talent was there for all to see.

However, he did have one fear before he set foot in Paradise, speaking to Neil Jones for Goal he said: “I think everyone knows of Scott Brown anyway, so before I arrived there I was like: How will he be? Will he be that crazy outside the pitch as he is on?.”

Scott Brown and Neil Lennon both spoke highly of Van Dijk on the video and he remembers his time at the club fondly, as do these Celtic fans who took to Twitter in response to the video.

And slightly tongue in cheek given the Liverpool centre-half’s recent success….