Virgil van Dijk has not really been the subject of much speculation during the period in which his future has been uncertain - but Jurgen Klopp was asked about him this week

Jurgen Klopp hopes Salah, Van Dijk and Alexander-Arnold sign new Liverpool deals - Forward Salah and defenders Van Dijk and Alexander-Arnold are all currently on contracts that will run out this summer.

Liverpool are expected to “break open the bank’s safe” to tie Virgil van Dijk down to a new contract, one journalist in his native Netherlands believes. While it has been interpreted elsewhere as a major update on Van Dijk’s future, suggestions Liverpool are close to agreeing a new deal with their captain appear wide of the mark.