The feeling inside Liverpool on Alisson and Virgil van Dijk contracts

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Joe Gomez looks likely to leave as well, meaning not a single player from the 2019/20 Premier League-winning squad will remain at Anfield seven years on.There is still hope that both Alisson and Van Dijk will end up staying, but journalist James Pearce has now revealed that after speaking to ‘all parties’ involved, fans are still some way from finding out which way things will go with their two defensive icons.Liverpool's signings have all had time to settle in now, but who has been the most impressive and why? Van Dijk, meanwhile, remains just as crucial to Liverpool as ever, and both he and Alisson are yet to miss a minute of football in the Premier League.

“I get the impression, having spoken to all parties, that everyone’s pretty relaxed about it,” he said. “There’s a lot of moving parts, really, in terms of how you form a conclusion on what should happen.” Alisson’s injury status could determine his future At this point, it would be a little bit of a surprise if Van Dijk were to call time on his Liverpool career.

He has picked up a small knock to rule him out of the current international break, and he may have to seriously think about future with the Netherlands if he is to elongate his future at club level, but Van Dijk has shown that he is still able to play as much as anyone in world football. “It’s a really difficult decision with these two players because you know that they’re legendary figures in Liverpool’s history, as Salah was, but you can’t judge it as nakedly as just on, ‘well, he scores goals.’ There’s a lot more sort of going on with these two guys.” Quite where Liverpool fans land on the wisdom of handing them new contracts will mainly be determined by how they fare between now and the end of the season.