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Former Liverpool player Joe Cole believes Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah will follow Trent Alexander-Arnold out of the Anfield exit door this summer.

The March international break was dominated by the news that Alexander-Arnold is set to snub a new contract at Liverpool in order to join Real Madrid on a free transfer.

Alexander-Arnold, 26, is one of three key players whose deals are due to expire on June 30, with Van Dijk and Salah also set to become free agents as thing stand.



While it has seemed for some time as though Alexander-Arnold is more likely to leave than Van Dijk and Salah, Cole thinks all three players will ultimately end up departing.

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He told Paddy Power: “The Liverpool board running down the contracts of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk and Mo Salah is a risky strategy, but we’re not aware of the full picture.

We don’t know if Liverpool can afford to keep all three players and give them new contracts, especially with the constraints of Financial Fair Play, but I do feel that all three will leave at the end of the season.

“We don’t know why the board have done this – maybe it’s because they needed to rebuild financially – but it’s difficult to criticise them as we don’t know what they were trying to achieve.

"I would say that it’s a massive blow for Liverpool, but it’s also a massive opportunity for them to go out and buy three new young players.

Joe Cole thinks Liverpool could lose three key players on free transfers this summer.