Virgil van Dijk reportedly needs to increase his time with Liverpool and is able to agree on a contract extension.
The membership captain has solely eight months left on his present deal however is keen to agree on new phrases at Anfield, in accordance with a report by Soccer Insider.
Mick Brown, former chief scout for Manchester United who nonetheless has contacts inside soccer, detailed: “I’ve heard he needs to remain and he’s blissful there beneath Slot. The brokers put out all these tales to see what kind of curiosity there may be or what he hears.
“Managers typically go berserk once they examine it, asking the place all of it got here from, and more often than not it has nothing to do with the participant. However on the finish of the day, it’s as much as the participant to say he doesn’t need the transfer.
“He’ll inform his agent to get him one other contract at Liverpool, however the agent all the time needs to see what their choices are earlier than they decide to something. Ultimately although, they’ll sit down and converse to the membership and I count on they’ll attain an settlement.
“I’ve been informed that’s what’s occurring with Van Dijk. I’d be shocked if he left.”
The towering centre-back has began each Premier League and Champions League sport for Liverpool this season as his facet are undefeated in Europe and sit high of the desk domestically.
Van Dijk’s extension could be Liverpool’s greatest piece of enterprise beneath Slot
Though the defender can be 34 by the point subsequent season begins, he has been his regular world-class self this time period and there’s nothing to counsel that he’s slowing down any time quickly. He’s valued at €30m (£25m) by Transfermarkt, which is wonderful contemplating his age and contract scenario.
The ex-Celtic defender is averaging a whopping 5.4 clearances, 2.4 interceptions and 0.6 tackles per sport in 2024/25 (WhoScored), together with successful probably the most aerial duels out of all gamers within the Premier League.
The previous UEFA Males’s Participant of the Yr is integral to the Reds’ defence, who’ve one of the best underlying numbers out of all 20 groups within the high flight and have conceded the fewest targets (two).
In our view, it’d be silly for Richard Hughes and FSG to not prolong Van Dijk’s deal. Apart from his world-class high quality, his management and the function he performs in serving to youthful defenders develop can’t be overstated.
If Liverpool need to problem for the highest prizes this season and past, extending the previous Southampton’s man keep is one of the best piece of enterprise they will do proper now.
