Virgil van Dijk response to Mohamed Salah interview speaks volumes amid Liverpool uncertainty

Mohamed Salah has admitted helium is "probably much retired than in" astatine Liverpool arsenic helium revealed his disappointment astatine the club's nonaccomplishment to marque a breakthrough successful declaration talks aft the triumph astatine Southampton - and it didn't spell unnoticed

Sometimes it lone needs a look.

And that was surely the lawsuit arsenic Virgil van Dijk, the Liverpool captain, offered a tell-tale smirk arsenic Mohamed Salah, usually reticent with the media, spoke retired connected his declaration situation aft the triumph astatine Southampton.

In a uncommon post-match interview, the Kop's Egyptian king admitted being "disappointed" implicit the standstill successful declaration negotiations, with conscionable 7 months near connected his Anfield woody - with Van Dijk successful a akin situation.

Salah's comments came aft helium dropped different star-studded show and made each the quality with 2 captious goals aft halftime to clinch a 3-2 comeback triumph connected the southbound coast. Certainly helium was fixed a helping manus by Alex McCarthy, the hapless Southampton stand-in 'keeper, but Salah's ruthlessness sent Liverpool 8 points wide astatine the apical of the table.

With the lucifer teetering connected the edge, Salah pounced connected a mistake by Alex McCarthy, securing his 10th league extremity of the play and thrusting Liverpool a important 8 points up successful the rubric run.

Salah declared: "Well, we are astir successful December and I haven't received immoderate offers yet to enactment successful the club, [so] I'm astir apt much retired than in.

"You cognize I person been successful the nine for galore years. There is nary nine similar this. But successful the extremity it is not successful my hands. As I said before, it is December and I haven't received thing yet astir my future.

"I emotion the fans. The fans emotion me. In the extremity it is not successful my hands oregon the fans' hands. Let's hold and see. Of people [no connection is disappointing], yeah. I'm not going to discontinue soon truthful I'm conscionable playing, focusing connected the play and I'm trying to triumph the Premier League and hopefully the Champions League arsenic well. I'm disappointed but we volition see.

"I'm precise professional. Everybody tin spot my enactment ethic. I'm conscionable trying to bask my shot and I volition play astatine the apical level arsenic agelong arsenic possible. I'm conscionable doing my champion due to the fact that this is who I americium and I effort to springiness it each for myself and for the club.

"We volition spot what happens next."

As Salah speaks, Van Dijk appears implicit his enarthrosis successful the mixed portion and gives thing akin to a knowing grin arsenic helium sees Salah successful afloat flow, Smiling, Salah added: "As you tin see, I'm precise nonrecreational and everyone sees my work. I conscionable effort to bask my shot and I volition play apical level arsenic agelong arsenic possible. Me and this antheral [Van Dijk]."

Salah's comments saw him criticised by Kop fable Jamie Carragher connected Monday night.

Speaking connected Sky Sports, helium said: “Of people there’s been discussions, yeah. Right now, there’s evidently a large quality successful the valuation. Whatever Mo Salah and his cause worth themselves at, whether that beryllium financially oregon successful presumption of magnitude of contract, and what Liverpool do.

“So the crushed Liverpool wouldn’t person offered a declaration yet is due to the fact that Mo Salah volition crook it down. So they're inactive successful talks, I’m hopeless for them to conscionable successful the middle.

“But I indispensable say, I americium precise disappointed with Mo Salah. That interrogation past nighttime aft the crippled erstwhile it comes out. Liverpool person got Real Madrid midweek and they’ve got Manchester City astatine the weekend. That’s the communicative for Liverpool close now.

"Mo Salah, we’re each aware, surely the section reporters are successful Liverpool, that successful the 7 years he’s been astatine the shot club, he’s stopped successful the mixed portion twice. Which is his close which is perfectly good but helium decided to halt for the 3rd clip distant astatine Southampton connected the backmost of winning the crippled and putting that out.

“The astir important happening for Liverpool Football Club this play is not the aboriginal of Mo Salah, not the aboriginal of Virgil van Dijk and not the aboriginal of Trent Alexander-Arnold. The astir important happening is Liverpool winning the Premier League, that is much important than immoderate of those players.

“And if helium continues to enactment comments retired and his cause keeps putting cryptic tweets out, that’s selfish. That’s reasoning astir themselves and not the shot club.”

As things stand, some Van Dijk and Salah, on with Trent Alexander-Arnold, are escaped to negociate with overseas clubs from January 1.

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