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Liverpool stopper Virgil van Dijk

Virgil van Dijk has revealed there has been progress on contract talks with Liverpool.

But the Dutch stopper remained coy on whether he'll still be at the Premier League champions-elect next season.

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Former Celtic star Van Dijk is on the verge of skippering the Reds to title glory after surging 11 points clear at the top.

But there has been a major cloud of uncertainty surrounding the futures of out-of-contract trio Van Djik, Mo Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Van Dijk has hinted in the past that he would be willing to commit his future to the Anfield giants, and in a fresh update, the 33-year-old confirmed that discussions are ongoing.

Asked if there was progress, he said: "There is progress, yeah."

When pressed on if that meant he was staying at Liverpool, he replied: "I don’t know, we’ll see.

"Listen, these are internal discussions and we’ll see.

I love the club, I love the fans and they were there for us again (at Fulham).

"We wanted to reward them but I ask them to be there again on Sunday and make the stadium an amazing venue like always for us."

Van Dijk was at fault in the weekend's 3-2 defeat at Fulham after being caught flat-footed by Rodrigo Muniz who buried home.

However, boss Arne Slot defended his captain and insisted he wasn't worried about the giant centre-back's form, saying: "I still see a lot of things that Virgil does really well.

If you play 50 to 60 games a season, even for Virgil, there will be one or two moments where he could have done better.

I don’t worry about Virgil."

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