Rangers defender Connor Goldson
The former Rangers striker, who now works as a pundit for Sky Sports, believes that Goldson - who joined the Gers from Brighton and Hove Albion in the summer of 2018 for a transfer fee reported by Sky Sports to be worth £3 million - tends to overplay at times.
While praising the 27-year-old for keeping it simple and doing his job well against Sporting Braga in the Europa League on Wednesday evening, Boyd has used Liverpool central defender Van Dijk - who cost the Reds £75 million in transfer fees when they signed him from Southampton in January 2018, according to BBC Sport - as an example for him to follow.
Boyd wrote in The Scottish Sun: “Goldson has been guilty of trying to overplay lately and show everyone he’s a good player. But what he’s good at is clearing any danger when it comes. That’s what the best defenders in the world do.
"People go on about Virgil van Dijk and how good he’s been for Liverpool for the past two seasons — and he has been incredible — but if you actually watch him in action he doesn’t do anything fancy.
“If Liverpool are under pressure, van Dijk heads it and kicks it away from his goal as far as he possibly can. He’s not afraid to just dump the ball into the opposition’s half and play from there.”
Stats
Goldson has played 27 times in the Scottish Premiership for Rangers so far this season, scoring three goals in the process, according to WhoScored.
The 27-year-old former Shrewsbury Town central defender has also played eight games in the Europa League for the Gers this campaign, according to WhoScored.
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