Victor Wanyama has been named alongside Virgil van Dijk as one of Celtic’s best teammates, with Scott Brown recalling his dominance on the pitch.
Victor Wanyama has earned high praise from Ayr United manager Scott Brown, who named him among his best teammates alongside Virgil van Dijk.
Victor Wanyama and Scott Brown played together at the Celtic Football Club. The former Tottenham Hotspur defensive midfielder found Scott Brown in the club when he joined in 2011.
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Scott Brown joined the club in 2007 for a fee of £4.4 million and going down memory lane, he named Victor Wanyama as one of the most iconic teammates he played with.
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Despite Victor Wanyama’s stay being short since he left in 2013, he achieved huge milestones and Scott Brown is grateful to have shared the pitch with the Kenyan.
Scott Brown would eventually leave the club in June 2021 to join Aberdeen as a player-coach. At Celtic, Victor Wanyama won two league titles and scored in the famous 2-1 win against Barcelona.
In an interview with Give Me Sport, Scott Brown admitted that when Victor Wanyama joined the club, everyone was afraid of challenging him since he was undeniably one of the best.
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“The first few days in training…jeez…nobody wanted to fight the big man. There were arms everywhere – he was chucking everyone out the road,” Scott Brown recalled.
Victor Wanyama was well-known for his prowess at Premier League clubs Southampton and Tottenham but Scott Brown believes that his star shone brighter at Celtic.
He added that Victor Wanyama took everyone by surprise, as he had the talent and knew how to smartly knock players off the ball with ease.
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Scott Brown also named Virgil van Dijk as one of his favourites. The Liverpool captain moved from FC Groningen to Celtic for £2.6 million.
Virgil van Dijk threatened his competitors with his composure in the backline and Celtic made a name for him. Premier League clubs would come knocking on the door and he later moved to Southampton.
“He couldn’t get a game to start with and then he showed Lenny [Neil Lennon] what a top-quality player he was,” Scott Brown.
Others who have been named by the former Celtic captain include Craig Gordon, Steven Whittaker, Mikael Lustig, Kieran Tierney, James Forrest, Kevin Thomson, Shunsuke Nakamura, Steven Fletcher and Robbie Keane.
