Below is a summary of the full article. Click here for the full version or go back to LFC Live.net

Liverpool won't have concerns over the performances of Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk next season with the former's new contract having been announced and the latter's expected to be confirmed imminently.

And TNT Sports pundits Ally McCoist and Joe Cole are in complete agreement about the importance of the pair remaining at Anfield — not just for Liverpool but for the Premier League as a whole.

Both are near certain to start as the Reds take on West Ham United in the Premier League tomorrow.

"It's good news for Liverpool and it's good news for us," McCoist said on TNT Sports.

"In his period with Liverpool, he's been one of the best players in the world — let's be honest about it.

Read More.

I would imagine they might get more good news in the coming days as well, but he is one of the best — simple as that."

"We're losing Kevin De Bruyne and it is so important for us as a league to keep these top players," former Liverpool midfielder Joe Cole added.

We get the chance to watch him every week and it is a real privilege."

Salah and Van Dijk, alongside Ryan Gravenberch, are the only Liverpool players to have started every game in the Premier League this season.

Both players prepare themselves brilliantly and take every precaution with their bodies.

Even if either of them did see their impact reduce, they would still be right up there among the best players in the world
For more news relating to West Ham, visit our sister site WHU Latest Live.