Virgil van Dijk will observe in Mohamed Salah’s footsteps and signal a brand new two-year cope with Liverpool earlier than the tip of the season, a number of studies state.
Buoyed by the affirmation that Salah will prolong his Liverpool profession till the summer time of 2027, followers on the purple half of Merseyside are on the cusp of celebrating one other coup for the membership’s technical division.
Van Dijk revealed that “progress” had been made in his ongoing negotiations with Liverpool earlier this week and quite a few retailers report that an settlement has been all however finalised. The Instances bluntly describe the Dutchman’s extension as a certainty whereas Fabrizio Romano proclaimed “settlement completed”.
All that’s lacking from the doc – which has been supposedly signed off by the participant’s attorneys – is Van Dijk’s signature. An announcement is predicted earlier than the Premier League marketing campaign concludes on 25 Could.
Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot wouldn’t be drawn on Van Dijk’s as but unconfirmed contractual standing. “I feel you understand the solutions – the boring reply as all the time,” the Dutch coach instructed his press convention on Friday morning.
“I can inform you that I’m very proud of Virgil this season,” Slot added. “He is been unimaginable for us – even in the previous couple of video games, the place possibly there have been moments have been he might’ve completed higher. However in the event you have a look at the opposite 89 minutes, he’s such an essential participant for us.
“Let’s hope he can do the identical – I simply hope with Mo and he can do the identical on Sunday once more, being our chief once more as he has all the time been this season, towards West Ham.”
Liverpool are simply 4 wins away from lifting the Premier League title for less than the second time within the membership’s fashionable historical past. Salah’s resolution to remain on Merseyside was underpinned by the staff’s continued means to problem for titles. With Van Dijk anticipated to hitch the Egyptian in subsequent season’s squad, Liverpool can have a robust likelihood of including to the membership’s trophy cupboard within the close to future.
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