James Pearce informed Liverpool fans about the contractual situation of three members of Jurgen Klopp’s management group at Anfield.
The Athletic published an article early on Tuesday morning with the title ‘Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold contracts with Liverpool: what we’re hearing’, in which the publication’s LFC correspondent went into detail about the future of that contract. pivotal trio, each of which sees their current deals expire in June 2025.
The article notes that the club has not yet entered into renewal talks due to a desire to avoid “any unwanted distractions” amid the Reds’ challenge for the Premier League title, and there is a belief within Anfield that all three “know how highly they are valued.”
There is “no uneasy feeling” about losing any of them to free transfers in 18 months’ time, and none of the three are likely to leave before then “as things stand”.
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Pearce’s comprehensive update suggests that Liverpool fans should not worry about the future of Salah, Van Dijk or Trent for now.
As the journalist noted, the Reds’ rejection of a £150m bid from Saudi Arabia for the Egyptian in September speaks volumes about how highly they regard him, while the other two were elevated to captain and vice-captain respectively last summer. after Jordan Henderson and James Milner left the club.
Furthermore, the striker was about to enter the final year of his contract at the time of his previous renewal in July 2022 (BBC Sport), so Anfield bosses could be content to wait out this season before step up efforts to keep the trio on Merseyside beyond 2025.
It should also be noted that Jorg Schmadtke will depart at the end of this year after fulfilling his mandate of overseeing the team’s renewal last summer. His replacement as sporting director could instead be in charge of prioritizing the safeguarding of key players such as Salah, Van Dijk and Trent.
If Liverpool can maintain their fight for the Premier League title until the end of the campaign, and if (as seems likely) those three players play a major role in it, in theory it shouldn’t require any mass persuasion to get them to do so. commit the Reds for a few more years.
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