Arne Slot has one other participant’s contract to kind out. Photograph by Carl Recine/Getty Pictures
Liverpool nonetheless haven’t managed to tie down Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mo Salah to new contracts, though it’s believed that talks are ongoing, however now evidently Arne Slot and the membership are getting determined guarantee one other skilled participant commits his future to the Reds.
One insider believes that van Dijk will proceed his profession at Anfield, and that absolutely has to do with the unbelievable influence that Slot has made since taking on from Jurgen Klopp.
Liverpool getting determined
Given the Dutchman’s advancing years – he’ll be 34 earlier than the beginning of the 2024/25 season – it’s an enormous dedication from the membership to their captain.
Together with Salah and Trent, nevertheless, van Dijk is instrumental to the way in which wherein Liverpool have performed over the previous few seasons, so it stands to purpose that the membership would need to do all it may by way of assembly any contract calls for.
The identical may quickly apply for marauding left-back, Andrew Robertson, one other who was a stalwart for the Merseysiders all through the Klopp period.
“They need Robertson to decide to a brand new deal,” nicely related ex-Premier League scout, Mick Brown, instructed Soccer Insider.
“Tsimikas has been extra concerned this season and Slot likes to rotate these two, however they nonetheless really feel he’s a precious presence on and off the pitch.
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“We’ve spoken about their priorities by way of getting their greatest gamers tied down but Robertson has gone underneath the radar in that respect.
“There are query marks about Van Dijk, Alexander-Arnold and Salah, now there are questions on Robertson, and swiftly they’re in deep trouble.
“Worst-case state of affairs, they lose all three of these three on the finish of the season. Then, if Robertson leaves subsequent 12 months, that’s nearly all of their leaders and massive names gone.
“He’s been such an vital participant for them through the years, and even when his position is changing into much less essential, he can be an enormous miss if he left.
“So from what I’ve heard, they’re determined to get him tied down as a result of they don’t need to danger being in that troublesome scenario the place they’re dropping their experiences heads.”
