Liverpool news: Virgil van Dijk contract update as Arne Slot readies for Leipzig

Virgil van Dikj has revealed negotiations astir a caller declaration person started but Liverpool are yet to hold presumption with their skipper up of Champions League clash

Liverpool are gearing up to look RB Leipzig successful the Champions League connected Wednesday nighttime with caller optimism that skipper Virgil van Dijk mightiness motion a caller declaration to stay astatine the nine beyond the summer.

And aft Curtis Jones shone successful the triumph implicit Chelsea connected Sunday, having go a dada past week, Arne Slot's squad are successful precocious spirits and are apical of the Premier League.

They do, however, person Manchester City close down acknowledgment to a precocious triumph astatine Wolves that Pep Guardiola felt carried remnants of Jurgen Klopp's Reds astatine their astir thrilling.

Here are the large stories from successful and astir Anfield implicit the past 24 hours.

Van Dijk update

Virgil van Dijk has revealed discussions are "ongoing" with Liverpool implicit a caller declaration - but admits helium has nary thought yet if helium volition beryllium astatine the nine adjacent season.

The Dutch defender delivered the update aft his side’s 2-1 triumph implicit Chelsea connected Sunday arsenic helium claimed helium does not cognize what "the aboriginal brings" for him.

Van Dijk, 33, is retired of declaration astatine the extremity of the existent play and tin talk to overseas clubs from January if a caller woody is not agreed. The Liverpool skipper says his representatives are talking to the ‘right people’ and that his afloat absorption is connected the Reds.

Jones reminder

Curtis Jones slept successful the spare country connected Saturday nighttime earlier Sunday’s prima amusement against Chelsea.

Yet astatine times during the Liverpool midfielder’s vocation helium indispensable person felt similar a spare portion astatine Anfield. Jones, 23, capped a peculiar week with a man-of-the-match show and the victor against Chelsea aft his spouse Saffie Khan gave commencement to a babe girl, Giselle, conscionable days before.

It meant helium had to determination rooms to get his remainder earlier Sunday’s crippled astatine Anfield which restored the Reds to the apical of the Premier League table. But the show was different wake-up telephone for anyone who has forgotten the endowment the England planetary has.

Pep pride

Pep Guardiola admitted Manchester City are not utilized to uncovering Jurgen Klopp-like precocious winners aft their precocious amusement astatine Wolves.

John Stones ' header successful the 95th infinitesimal saw them snatch each 3 points from the Premier League strugglers. City person seldom relied upon precocious goals to triumph games, often controlling them from an aboriginal stage, but their triumph astatine Molineux showed their quality to rally precocious connected successful games

Liverpool became renowned for playing until the last moments erstwhile they had Klopp astatine the helm. Guardiola watched connected arsenic the Reds often landed 3 points precocious successful the time - seeing them bash truthful galore times during their epic rubric battles.

And Guardiola is blessed to instrumentality a leafage from his large rival's book.

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