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Liverpool's Premier League title ambitions have received a massive boost, with the club feeling increasingly optimistic about striking new deals with Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk.

Those two staying will make Liverpool very strong again next season.

"If they would have lost those two, or two of the three, I thought they would have been right up against it next season."

Merson previously expressed doubts about the trio's future at Anfield, stating: "I've been saying it for the last eight or nine months - I don't see any of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah and Virgil Van Dijk signing at Liverpool.

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Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk look to be closing in on new contracts at Liverpool.

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Alexander-Arnold's tenure at Liverpool, like that of Van Dijk and Salah, is due to come to a close as his contract ends after this season

Yet, it seems the Reds' homegrown talent won't be renewing his stay, but rather, he's poised to join Real Madrid on a free transfer.

Merson weighed in with high praise for the full-back: "I think he's the best passer of a football in the Premier League by a country mile