Virgil van Dijk insists he’s in no rush to determine his future after captaining Liverpool to an easy victory over Brentford this afternoon.
The Dutchman is out of contract on the finish of this season together with skilled team-mates Mohamed Salah – who netted the Reds’ second in a 2-0 win over the Bees at Anfield – and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
New Liverpool boss Arne Slot stated on Friday the trio should earn new offers and Van Dijk insists he’s relaxed about his personal state of affairs.
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The 33-year-old advised Sky Sports activities: “I’m very calm. The factor is, I wish to play the very best season I can. I wish to be vital and keep vital for the membership, then we are going to see.
“The whole lot occurs for a cause however for now, there have been no adjustments in my state of affairs. I’m very calm about it and there’s no cause for me to begin pondering for one thing else. I’ve an entire season left to play.”
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At present’s sport was Van Dijk’s a hundredth for Liverpool at Anfield within the Premier League with the previous Celtic and Southampton defender shedding simply two.
It’s a outstanding document and he’s eager to increase it additional over the course of the following few months.
He added: “I’m proud and [Anfield] is residence and it’s a particular place and what I stated earlier than, no matter occurs sooner or later, Anfield is a particular place in my coronary heart. Let’s see what the season brings.
“I’m not taking part in soccer to lose or not develop into profitable. It’s not assured however I wish to win. We all know how tough that’s. However taking part in for Liverpool, one in every of, if not, the very best membership on the earth, there are expectations. I’m actually having fun with it up to now and there’s nonetheless a lot to enhance. Let’s see what the season brings.”
Luis Diaz scored the opener towards Brentford with Salah sealing the factors with 20 minutes to go as Slot’s Liverpool made it two wins from two.
