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Virgil van Dijk is set to make an announcement on his future in the coming weeks, and Arne Slot will no doubt be hoping for some good news.

The Liverpool captain is of course set to be out of contract in the summer, and his future is still yet to be decided with only eight games remaining this season.

Van Dijk finds himself in the same boat as Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold, although the latter looks as though he may have already made his mind up, with a move to Real Madrid looking to be edging closer.

Van Dijk though has now raised hopes that he may be extending his stay at Anfield.

Arne Slot has made it clear he wants Virgil van Dijk to stay at Liverpool.

Slot has had to field numerous questions over the futures of his captain, as well as Salah and Alexander-Arnold, throughout the season, but with sporting director Richard Hughes taking charge of discussions, the Reds’ head coach has not been able to give much away.

He did though make his feelings on Van Dijk perfectly clear last month when the top once again arose.

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That wasn’t the first time Slot had made it clear he wants his captain to stay