Liverpool have however to make a summer time season signing, nonetheless Virgil van Dijk says he has full perception inside the membership to ship new avid gamers who will elevate the squad Arne Slot inherited.
The Reds are the one membership inside the Premier League who’ve however to sign a model new participant, and now they’ve merely 18 days to kind out their itemizing of incomings and outgoings.
A summer time season of change has shifted the timeline and have made Liverpool late movers, nonetheless the hope stays that Precise Sociedad’s Martin Zubimendi will give the inexperienced mild to the transfer.
Each strategy, Van Dijk suggested reporters on Sunday that he’s assured Liverpool will “do the very best issue for us” inside the change market.
“Clearly I really feel we should all the time make some signings based mostly totally on how prolonged the season will go,” the captain acknowledged.
“Nonetheless I really feel they’re working behind the scenes and I’m completely happy and perception the membership that they’re going to do the very best issue for us and get the best possible squad with a view to compete in every rivals that we’re in.
“That’s the necessary issue I’m specializing in, having the idea and we’ll see what happens. I really feel they’re working very laborious behind the scenes, we’ll see how that pans out.”
Previous Zubimendi there are few hyperlinks to completely different change prospects, though a defender and intensive participant keep on quite a lot of need lists – though the Reds are fast on time to behave.
Nonetheless as a result of the captain acknowledged, let’s see the best way all of it pans out.
No contract substitute
Previous new signings, the contract situation for Van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah stays a serious drawback for the membership to cope with.
All are out of contract in 2025, and the membership captain revealed in late May that contract talks had however to start out and that continues to be the case.
It’s a matter that may proceed to be put to him as long as the situation stays the similar, and he confirmed that’s the case when speaking to reporters after his first pre-season outing.
“There usually are not any modifications in the mean time,” the 33-year-old acknowledged of his contract situation.
Liverpool have been acknowledged to be reluctant at hand long-term affords to avid gamers over 30 beneath FSG’s possession, nonetheless Van Dijk isn’t any frequent overage participant!
Arne Slot was requested about transfers in his post-match press convention on Sunday, saying the Reds are “looking for to strengthen squad.”
