Van Dijk on Liverpool contract negotiation: “There is progress”
Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has said that there is “progress” in his contract negotiation with the Merseyside club.
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Van Dijk reveals progress
Van Dijk’s deal expires at the end of the season, along with those of teammates Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
According to ESPN, Real Madrid feel confident they can land Alexander-Arnold on a free transfer.
Meanwhile, Anfield officials remain optimistic that Salah will sign a new deal.
As for the Netherlands international, he shared a positive update on his contract talks following Liverpool’s 3-2 defeat to Fulham on Sunday.
“There is progress, yeah,” the 33-year-old said.
When asked whether he will still be at Anfield next season, Van Dijk refused to commit.
“I don’t know, we’ll see. Listen, these are internal discussions and we’ll see.”
“I love the club, I love the fans and they were there for us again and we wanted to reward them. But I want them to be there Sunday again [against West Ham United] and make the stadium an amazing venue like always for us.”
“Job’s not done”
Liverpool suffered their second Premier League defeat of the season against Fulham on Sunday.
Arne Slot’s side remain 11 points clear at the top of the table.
Meanwhile, Van Dijk has backed his team to bounce back from a stunning loss.
“We will be training quite a lot and we are in a very good position but games like this, especially in the first half, show the job is not done and I’ve been saying it every week,” he said.
“That’s definitely the mentality in our group that the job [of winning the league] is not done and now we just have to recover from this, physically and mentally, and put our minds on West Ham at home.”
