Talks stay ongoing between Liverpool and the representatives of Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold to provide them new contracts.
The dialogue has, although, been very optimistic and has been shifting ahead with the negotiations held in a really respectful method on all sides.
Liverpool wish to do proper by the gamers, however proper by the membership too. It has been very obvious that Salah and Van Dijk wish to keep. They’ve been unequivocal about that, and Salah’s feedback to the press truly underline that need of how a lot he needs to remain at Liverpool.
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Issues bought heated as Kris Boyd and Paul Merson debated whether or not Liverpool ought to agree a brand new three-year contract with Salah
He loves town, his daughters go to highschool there. He doesn’t wish to change. He needs to be a Liverpool legend and proceed to smash the data he has been setting.
It’s the identical with Van Dijk. He needs to proceed main Liverpool ahead.
‘Distinction between Salah and Van Dijk and Trent’
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Merse questions Liverpool’s delay in signing Salah, Alexander-Arnold and Van Dijk to new offers, calling the hesitation ‘legal’
The distinction is with Alexander-Arnold, who has enormous curiosity from Actual Madrid.
His feedback not too long ago about eager to win the Ballon d’Or, that could be very a lot singing from that Actual Madrid hymnsheet – it’s their gross sales pitch to gamers, to go and win it at their membership.
With Alexander-Arnold it will take a bit extra elbow grease from Liverpool.
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It is perhaps much more costly to get that deal over the road, given his age and what he means to the membership as an academy graduate as nicely. He would depend as pure revenue on the books so it is a little more of a fancy scenario.
You get the sense that with Van Dijk and Salah wanting to remain, the membership eager to discover a answer, there is perhaps a beautiful little Christmas current for Liverpool supporters – and that you simply may see Van Dijk in entrance of the Christmas tree once more as a duplicate of when he first signed in December 2017.
Jota and Alisson return to coaching
Liverpool have been boosted by the return of ahead Diogo Jota and goalkeeper Alisson to coaching.
The pair have been concerned in Monday’s session after the Merseyside derby was postponed as a result of Storm Darragh.
Jota has not performed since October 20 when he injured his chest and has missed the final 10 matches.
Alisson picked up a hamstring harm earlier that month in opposition to Crystal Palace.
