'I played with Rio Ferdinand and John Terry - they were miles better than Virgil van Dijk'

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This former Premier League star played alongside both Rio Ferdinand and John Terry and thinks the iconic duo surpass Liverpool's Virgil van DijkJody Morris snubbed Virgil van Dijk when naming former team-mates John Terry and Rio Ferdinand as the Premier League's two greatest-ever centre-backs. In his youth, Morris was also part of the same boyhood football circles as Ferdinand and made appearances alongside him for the Three Lions' Under-21s.Morris, who would go on to be a first-team coach at Chelsea under Frank Lampard, was asked who his all-time greatest Premier League central defenders would be.The 47-year-old couldn't split his peers Ferdinand and Terry, but did single out one factor that, in his estimation, separates the pair from Reds icon Van Dijk.You can listen to brand new episodes of In The Mixer on Spotify and Apple Podcasts!"If you're picking a Premier League best XI, if anyone picks another centre-half over JT and Rio, then they're not taking it seriously," said Morris, speaking on In The Mixer brought to you by Sky Bet."On Van Dijk, it is [a recency bias].

But if you want to go to the Premier League's best, JT and Rio have to be your two centre-backs. I'm not playing down Virgil van Dijk as a player here."But you go, he was at Groningen, then Celtic, then Southampton.

If you think about those first little six or seven years, JT and Rio are playing in the Premier League. I think you still would have to pick people like Sol Campbell and Tony Adams."Morris reflected on playing with Terry, adding: "JT's underrated as a footballer as well.