Liverpool captain Virgil Van Dijk reveals ‘progress’ on contract extension talks

Liverpool captain Virgil Van Dijk has revealed there has been lsquoprogressrsquo in terms of his talks with the Merseyside club regarding a new contract as his current deal runs out at the end of the season Van Dijk alongside Mohamed Salah and Trent AlexanderArnold have been integral cogs of Liverpoolrsquos success in the past few years and all three are out of a contract this year putting fans on red alertldquoThere is progress yeah I donrsquot know wersquoll see Listen these are internal discussions and wersquoll see I love the club I love the fans and they were there for us again and we wanted to reward them But I want them to be there Sunday again at home to West Ham United and make the stadium an amazing venue like always for usrdquo Van Dijk was quoted saying by The AthleticAccording to reports Trent is the most likely to leave Liverpool with Real Madrid said to be eager to bring the English wingback to Santiago Bernabeu There is still a cloud of uncertainty surrounding Salahrsquos contract with no suggestions of a talk in progressVan Dijk also reflected on the 23 loss against Fulham on Sunday and said their performance in the first half was lsquonot acceptableldquoIt was a poor day at the office for all of us There were individual moments that should have been dealt with better It was not acceptable as a team First half we scored a great goal but we let them back into the game with sloppiness from ourselves and these things shouldnrsquot happen he saidldquoObviously second half we went onevone we were trying as quickly as possible to get the second goal we took a lot more risk We tried to turn it around but unfortunately we couldnrsquot do it On the first half you canrsquot argue with the result We have take it on the chin and try to beat West Ham next weekrdquo Van Dijk addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeveratOptionskeyd0ddb8ef8f1a62a8cdd22fac27fc5ea7formatiframeheight90width728params