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Their team is, by some considerable margin, the best in the Premier League and it is certainly more entertaining to watch than it is often given credit for.

Liverpool have the competition’s outstanding attacker in Mohamed Salah and the outstanding defender in Virgil van Dijk.

With only the procession to the Premier League title to complete, thoughts are bound to turn to next season(

But after the disappointment of Wembley and the PSG reverse, it would be a huge boost to Liverpool fans if Salah, Van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold committed themselves to the long-term ambitions of the club sooner rather than later.No-one can question the 100 percent commitment shown by these players over the entire course of this season.

It is a big part of the reason why Liverpool have a 12-point lead in the Premier League.

But when Salah has the type of ineffective performance he had at Wembley, it is inevitable the more cynical will wonder if the contract situation is having an effect.

Liverpool have only nine matches left to play this season and there is still a chance that Salah, Alexander-Arnold and Van Dijk have only nine matches left to play in a Liverpool shirt.

As they head towards an outstanding Premier League triumph, Liverpool and their fans hardly need a boost

But you can imagine the extra jolt of euphoria in the title run-in if one, two or three of Salah, Alexander-Arnold and Van Dijk finally said yes to a new deal.

As far as any or all of them signing new contracts goes, any time would be good for Slot and for Liverpool fans