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Arne Slot has lots to ponder ahead of the derby(Image: Andrew Powell/Getty Images)

The second Merseyside Derby of the season is here, just a few months after the first, but the build-up to the match, from a Liverpool perspective at least, has been dominated by transfer talk.

The futures of Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk have been discussed a lot this season and that isn’t likely to change.

All three will see their current Liverpool contracts expire on June 30 and none have publicly committed themselves to the club.



Liverpool would be forced to cough up a huge contract to keep their star attacker.

So while Liverpool are focused on facing Everton at Anfield on Wednesday night, there are plenty of subplots and storylines to keep an eye on.

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Rumours of Salah moving to Saudi Arabia to earn a huge contract have subsided of late, but the prospect remains very real.

Things are likely to intensify in the coming months, especially once Liverpool have secured the Premier League title.

Mo Salah faces Everton on Wednesday night as rumours swirl over his future(Image: MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Unlike Salah, Alexander-Arnold’s proposed move to Real Madrid is reportedly a done deal, with the right-back set to move to the Spanish capital on a free transfer and sign a five-year contract when his Liverpool deal expires.

A lot can happen before a contract is signed – as I know from experience.”

Trent Alexander-Arnold is out injured at the moment(Image: Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

The Liverpool boss spoke to reporters on Tuesday morning ahead of the Merseyside Derby and had to field a lot of questions about his three biggest stars and their futures at the club.

After saying that the priority for Alexander-Arnold was getting back fit, Slot said: “For eight months it went a bit up and down with talks about him, Virgil or Mo, but we have never been focused on those talks, we have always been focused on what we have to do, and for Virgil and Mo that is trying to win the Merseyside derby and for Trent it is trying to be fit as soon as he can.

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“It is a situation that is there for eight or nine months now and I think all these three players have performed so well under these circumstances so it doesn’t affect me at all.”

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