Apart from the obvious autocorrect spelling errors what is wrong with thr post?
Hypothetically put Messi in defence and VVD in attack who does a better job? Simple subjective question. I said VVD end of.
It's a completely meaningless thing to say. Being more versatile doesn't make you a better footballer otherwise James Milner would currently be going for a Ballon d'or.
Messi could play anywhere across the front 3 or in midfield flawlessly because he's a technical genius. He's on a completely different stratosphere to Van Djik in terms of talent. Van Djik, if he continues this form, will go down as one of the best defenders of this era, Messi will probably go down as the greatest footballer who has ever lived, or at the very least one of the top contenders. He doesn't need to be able to play cb because that's .. not his role? Anymore than it would be relevant if VVD doubled up as a world class goalkeeper. Who cares?
And yeah, the best/most talented footballers generally gravitate towards being attackers because they're the most decisive players on the pitch. Van Djik also single handedly didn't achieve anything, can we stop with this unreal hyperbole about him? Liverpool signed a world class keeper, vastly improved their left back, and also brought in a great DM. Van Djik was a huge part of an improved defence but if you only brought him in and nobody else, he wouldn't be getting nearly as much praise.
In his mid 20's, VVD was playing for Southampton. At 18 Messi was runner up in the Ballon d'or, and whilst VVD was at Celtic he scored 50 (yes fecking 50) league goals in one of the best leagues in the world. Any comparison of their ability or level as footballers is absolute insanity and I can't believe the conversation is even being broached. One has had one world class season as a cb, the other has been world class since he turned an adult and maintained that level throughout his entire career - ripping through world class defenders like Boateng for fun, running games like a maestro .. etc.
Van Djik won this award because people are bored of the messi/ronaldo dominance. If Messi broke through this season as a 21 year old at Barca and scored that many goals and got that many assists in the league and cl then he would be pissing the award. VVD wasn't even better in the CL - Messi scored 2 against Lyon, 2 against Manchester United and 2 against Liverpool. To go along with the 6 he scored against Spurs and PSV in the group stages, and the performance against us was genuinely frightening.
But like I said before .. these competitions are based on nothing more than where the wind is blowing/current popularity.