Liverpool have confirmed a brand new contract for Virgil van Dijk, warding off curiosity from the likes of Bayern Munich to maintain the captain on Merseyside for 2 extra years.
Liverpool seal new contracts for key stars
The Reds may formally win the Premier League this weekend in what has been a superb first marketing campaign beneath Arne Slot. Ought to Arsenal undergo defeat in opposition to Ipswich City on Sunday afternoon, Liverpool may seal the title with a win at Leicester Metropolis shortly after.
Nonetheless, away from the pitch, a scorching subject of dialog has been on the futures of star trio Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Van Dijk. Salah, as we all know, has formally signed a brand new two-year contract at Anfield, whereas Alexander-Arnold seems set to affix Spanish giants Actual Madrid.
In the meantime, Fabrizio Romano had not too long ago stated that Van Dijk is about to affix Salah in signing a brand new Liverpool contract by till 2027, and speaking not too long ago, the skipper was requested about his pending new deal: “I feel first, all the main focus ought to be going to the Hillsborough anniversary. I feel that is the principle factor after which we’ll see. The main focus will nonetheless be on Leicester, however possibly there’s some information. I do know … however I do not know.
“I like the membership, that is fairly apparent. I feel you’ll be able to see that in the best way I communicate in regards to the membership, the best way I work for the membership by way of what I do on the pitch on and off the pitch, and that may all the time be the identical.”
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Bayern Munich had been eager to signal Van Dijk on a free switch, seeing the centre-back as a ‘distinctive alternative to strengthen its defence with expertise, management and confirmed high quality’, nevertheless it has now been confirmed by Liverpool that Van Dijk has signed a brand new contract at Anfield.
Rumoured to be on £220,000-a-week beforehand, Van Dijk has turn into a Liverpool legend since becoming a member of from Southampton again in 2017, successful quite a few trophies, and David Ornstein studies the brand new two-year deal is now value £400,000-a-week.
Ornstein confirms there are not any pay lower or break clauses, which can assure the Netherlands star is paid £41,600,000 by to the summer time of 2027, by which period he’ll be 35. That is much more than the price Liverpool paid to Brighton for star midfielder Alexis Mac Allister (£35m), however Reds followers will really feel their captain deserves each penny.
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Van Dijk’s stats at Liverpool |
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Video games |
314 |
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Targets |
27 |
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Assists |
13 |
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Yellow playing cards |
25 |
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Crimson playing cards |
1 |
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Minutes performed |
27,925 |
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Trophies received |
8 |
Speaking after penning phrases, Van Dijk stated: “I’m very completely happy, very proud. There are such a lot of feelings clearly that undergo my head proper now talking about it. “It’s a proud feeling, it’s a sense of pleasure. It’s simply unbelievable. The journey I’ve had to this point in my profession, to have the ability to lengthen it with one other two years at this membership is superb and I’m so completely happy.”
Van Dijk is now the highest paid defender within the high flight and would be the second-highest paid participant in any place as soon as Kevin De Bruyne departs Man Metropolis this summer time, behind solely Erling Haaland who sits on £500,000-a-week on the Etihad.
