Virgil van Dijk has confirmed contract talks with Liverpool are ongoing over an extension to his deal.
Van Dijk is one in all three large title gamers whose offers expire on the finish of the marketing campaign, with Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold additionally set to be free brokers as issues stand.
There was no public progress on extensions for the trio and Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot has revealed little about negotiations behind the scenes.
Van Dijk has confirmed that he’s in talks over a brand new deal, nevertheless, with the 33-year-old revealing discussions between the Reds and his representatives are in course of.
“Discussions are ongoing, we are going to see what occurs sooner or later,” the Netherlands centre-back stated after the 2-1 win over Chelsea.
“My full focus is on Liverpool, desirous to win video games which might be forward of me and nothing else.
“What the longer term will convey I don’t know in the meanwhile. I can solely inform you that discussions have began and we are going to see.”
Van Dijk opens up on Liverpool defensive report
Van Dijk stated he continues to ‘really feel good’ regardless of coming into his thirties, with Premier League leaders Liverpool boasting the very best defensive report within the division.
“I really feel good, bodily, mentally and I’m having enjoyable. When it’s time to decide, you guys [the media] will understand it as effectively.
“At first of the season, we noticed numbers about what occurs in case your opponent is within the closing third, what number of our bodies do we’ve got behind the ball and that has undoubtedly modified,” stated Van Dijk.
“I wouldn’t say it’s [just] the final line and the goalkeepers making a distinction, it’s the fellows in entrance of us, it’s a crew effort.
“Me and Ibou [Konate] because the centre-backs, or the goalkeepers, will get the credit score for the clear sheets but it surely’s about everybody within the crew and credit score to everybody who’s doing that.”
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