Dutch great Marco van Basten has slammed Liverpool defender Virgil van Dijk's leadership qualities.

Van Basten insists Van Dijk shouldn't be Holland's World Cup captain, responding the defender's claims that he is "always negative".

He said: "But he doesn't take charge, he doesn't arrange anything on the team, does he? He doesn't turn off the lines, does he not put people down? That is exactly what he does not do.

""He makes a noise, but he says nothing. That's what he does in the field. That's my opinion. That you say something in the dressing room or at dinner... The point is that he has to plot the lines in the field and directs. That is important. You have a captain's band for that. And I don't see that."