Virgil van Dijk will step in Mohamed Salah’s footsteps and sign a new two -year contract with Liverpool before the end of the season, according to several reports.
From the confirmation that Salah will extend his career in Liverpool by the summer of 2027, the fans on the red half of Merseyside are about to celebrate another coup for the club’s technical department.
Van Dijk revealed that “progress” had been carried out in his ongoing negotiations with Liverpool at the beginning of this week, and numerous outlets report that an agreement was almost completed. The times Describe the expansion of the Dutch bluntly as certainty while Fabrizio Romano proclaimed “agreement concluded”.
Everything that is missing in the document – which was allegedly signed by the player’s lawyers – is the signature of Van Dijk. An announcement is expected before the Premier League campaign ends on May 25th.
The Liverpool Manager Arne Slot would not be drawn to van Dijk’s still unconfirmed contractual status. “I think you know the answers – the boring answer as always,” said the Dutch coach on Friday morning about his press conference.
“I can tell you that I am very satisfied with Virgil this season,” added Slot. “He was incredible for us – even in the last games when there might have been moments, he could have done it better. But if you look at the other 89 minutes, he is such an important player for us.
“Let’s hope that he can do the same – I only hope with Mo and he can do the same on Sunday because he is our leader again because he was always against West Ham this season.”
Liverpool is only four victories of lifting the Premier League title for the second time in the modern history of the club. Salah’s decision to stay on Merseyside was underpinned by the continued skill of the team to challenge titles. After van Dijk is expected to join the Egyptian in the next season squad, Liverpool will have a strong chance in the near future to expand the club’s trophy cabinet.