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Mo Salah suggested that Virgil van Dijk could be about to sign his own new Liverpool deal(Image: Sky Sports)

Mohamed Salah appeared to let slip that an announcement of a new Liverpool contract for Virgil van Dijk is in the pipeline after the dramatic win over West Ham.

Thankfully for the Reds skipper, he headed in Alexis Mac Allister's corner three minutes later to seal three points.

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Victory moved Liverpool 13 points clear of Arsenal and two wins away from lifting the Premier League title - and came a few days after Salah announced he had signed a new contract.



Van Dijk is widely expected to follow in his footsteps and was seen kissing the badge in his passionate celebrations at Anfield.

However, nothing official has come from the club or Van Dijk himself, making Salah's words in a post-match interview alongside his team-mate eye-catching.

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"I am glad that we managed to do that early, before the end of the season," he told Sky Sports.

Everyone knows how much I love this club and let's see what the next week will look like."

Virgil van Dijk scored the winner for Liverpool(Image: Getty Images)

Van Dijk's words tally with those from former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher, who offered a theory as to why the centre-back is yet to announce that he is staying put.

"Listen, I think there may be some news on Virgil van Dijk next week," Carragher said on Sky Sports before kick-off.

"I think the fact the Mo Salah news came out, maybe not trying to do two players on one day.

"Maybe not trying to steal the thunder of either of the players, Virgil van Dijk or Mo Salah.

I think Mo Salah had his moment a few days ago and I'm sure that will be the case with Virgil van Dijk next week."

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