O'Hara Praises Van de Ven as the Best Centre-Back in the World

The Dutch defender sprinted over 60 yards to set up Brennan Johnson for Tottenham's first goal against United and put in a stellar performance to secure a clean sheet at Old Trafford.

This was the second time the 23-year-old provided an assist like that this season after he set up captain Heung-min Son against Everton in August which has sparked debates about whether or not he matches up with the best defenders in the world right now. 

O'Hara believes he does and after the United performances he says the Dutchman is one of the greatest in the world. 

“(Van de Ven) is unbelievable," O'Hara said on talkSPORT. "I’ll go as far as to say that probably the best centre-back in the world right now. 

"He is better than Saliba. He has got way more than Saliba. Van de Ven is better than Saliba right now. Van de Ven is the best centre-half in the world right now." 

Spurs are unbeaten in their last 4 games and have kept 2 clean sheets in 2 of them. They face Ferencvaros in the Europa League on Thursday night and if they keep a clean sheet with the Dutch defender involved then it won’t be long before it is just be O’Hara claiming he is the greatest in the world.