Virgil van Dijk delivers telling update on Liverpool contract talks with timeline set

Liverpool skipper Virgil van Dijk was asked for an update connected his declaration concern successful the contiguous aftermath of Sunday's melodramatic gully with Arsenal astatine The Emirates

Virgil van Dijk has hinted that helium volition enactment disconnected declaration talks implicit his Liverpool aboriginal until nearer the extremity of the season.

The Reds captain, 33, is retired of declaration successful the summer and, arsenic such, volition beryllium escaped to talk with funny clubs from overseas successful January on with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah.

Van Dijk has repeatedly been quizzed connected his aboriginal plans. But the Dutchman has remained coy arsenic Liverpool and their players proceed to accommodate to beingness nether caller caput manager Arne Slot, who succeeded Jurgen Klopp successful the summer.

The defender was asked for an update connected declaration talks again aft scoring successful Sunday's enthralling 2-2 gully with Arsenal and implied that determination would beryllium small successful the mode of updates successful the coming months. He told Sky Sports: “I'm precise calm. Let's spot what happens towards the extremity of the season.

“I'm enjoying my football, physically and mentally. Keep enjoying the crippled due to the fact that it's a beauteous crippled that we play and I play.”

Slot has besides repeatedly done his champion to debar giving a moving commentary of negotiations with Van Dijk, Alexander-Arnold and Salah, each of whom person established themselves arsenic influential figures astatine Anfield successful caller years.

Van Dijk revealed earlier earlier successful the week that talks betwixt his representatives and the nine were "ongoing" successful a bid to travel to an agreeement.

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He said: “I tin accidental evidently discussions are ongoing, but I don't know, we volition spot what happens successful the future. My precise afloat absorption is connected Liverpool, wanting to triumph games that are up of maine and thing else.

“What the aboriginal volition bring I person nary thought astatine the moment. I tin lone archer you that discussions person been started up and we volition see.”

Liverpool continued their good commencement to the play nether Slot, with their 2nd fractional fightback astatine The Emirates meaning that the Dutchman has mislaid conscionable 1 of his archetypal 9 Premier League matches, 7 of which person been wins.

The Reds look Brighton adjacent successful the Carabao Cup connected Wednesday nighttime earlier they conscionable again successful the league astatine the weekend. Slot's men volition besides look Bayer Leverkusen successful the Champions League earlier locking horns with Aston Villa earlier the planetary break.

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