Arne Slot breaks silence on Virgil van Dijk spat with Wayne Rooney to have final say

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But with Virgil, it's so clear that he's the leader of this team. You can hear him, you can feel he's our leader.

Rooney was involved in a public disagreement with Van Dijk (Image: Carl Recine, Getty Images) "He's already been so important for this club for so many years, but I don't think I've had many captains who were so vocal, so loud as he is. He's been a very good captain for me, and since he became the captain of this club.

"He sets the bar at 10 out of 10, and when he has a nine out of 10 [performance], he sometimes gets criticised, too. Maybe he should see it as a compliment - because that's where he set the bar from."Story SavedYou can find this story in My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.