Virgil van Dijk comparisons a ‘massive compliment’ for Jarell Quansah

Quansah is relishing playing alongside Van Dijk in Liverpool’s defence.

Jarell Quansah was on loan at Bristol Rovers last season (Peter Byrne/PA)

Jarell Quansah is relishing playing alongside Virgil van Dijk in Liverpool’s defence in a breakthrough season he admits has “exceeded all expectations”.

Twenty-one-year-old Reds academy product Quansah, who was on loan at Bristol Rovers last season, came off the bench to make his Liverpool first-team debut in August.