Van Dijk's club-mate Alisson Becker also took to the stage on Monaco, to collect the Best Goalkeeper prize. Since the introduction of the awards dinner, the awards have been presented after the end of the Premier League season, usually at the start of May but held at any point during the month. Andres Iniesta had an outstanding 2011-12, even if Chelsea beat Barcelona in the Champions League semi-finals, and his form in Spain’s Euro 2012 win saw him rightly rewarded for his efforts. It seems hard to believe that Liverpool spent more money on Benteke than Roberto Firmino in the summer of 2015. While players like Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane can be relied upon to score with consistency, they do so within a collective game plan that places them at the business end. But the writing was on the wall for the striker once Klopp took over from Rodgers, and he spent just one underwhelming season on Merseyside. And centre-back duo Sami Hyypia (2001/02) and Martin Skrtel (2011/12) clinched the title 10-years apart having been key to Liverpool’s UEFA Super Cup and League Cup triumph respectively. https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/GOAL/bd/12/virgil-van-dijk-jurgen-klopp-liverpool-ps_qvx5drftb6q7102v1qymhhwql.png?t=-559474740&w=500&quality=80. Since the inception of the awards dinner, a number of awards celebrating non-players have been introduced. Discover profiles, images and videos featuring all of your LFC players. Sakho arrived from Paris Saint-Germain in an £18million deal in the summer of 2013 and became an instant fan favourite at Anfield. 2 Placar started to give this prize to the best grade holder at Bola de Prata since 1973. The award, voted on by the FWA's members, has been running since 1948 and crowns the player adjudged to have been the best of the season in English football. What is remarkable to think is that Liverpool effectively spent very little on the pair, with the £142m ($173m) that Barcelona paid for Philippe Coutinho covering both purchases. "It’s big," Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp enthused. " "If you want to have a guy who has fought his way through to become one of the best players in the league and this year everybody acknowledged that. The emphasis on the collective in the very top teams mean fewer and fewer are operating with outright superstars, around whom the rest of the team is slotted. The former, of course, remain an integral part of the Reds’ present-day success, and neither took long to settle into their new surroundings as their first full season on Merseyside was capped off in style. Manchester City's Raheem Sterling scooped last season's prize.