Mo Salah
What is the latest?
Mohamed Salah is closering closer to signing a new contract with Liverpool as conversations have been progressing well.
Salah has made it very clear that being on Anfield is his priority and it is understood that there has finally been a breakthrough after a long negotiation process.
What has been said?
“It is expected to be a two-year deal,” says Sky Sports News Senior reporter Melissa Reddy.
What else you need to know …
Salah is only four goals involving away from registering the best individual Premier League season.
The 32-year-old has scored 27 goals and made 17 assists in 31 Premier League matches so far this season. Andy Cole (in 1993/94) and Alan Shearer (in 1994/95) scored 34 goals and recorded 13 assists.
Virgil van Dijk
What is the latest?
There have also been steps made in the discussions about a new agreement for Virgil van Dijk.
As with Salah, Liverpool has always been convinced that Van Dijk would commit to the club and there is optimism that he will remain beyond the summer.
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Paul Merson says news about Liverpool edge closer to new offers for Mo Salah and Virgil van Dijk are bad news for their Premier League title competitions.
What has been said?
“There is progress,” Van Dijk said when asked about his contract situation on Sunday. “This is internal discussions and we’ll see. I love the club.”
What else you need to know …
Van Dijk is 33 years old, but has played every minute of each Premier League game for Liverpool this season.
Trent Alexander-Arnold
What is the latest?
Real Madrid is sure of tying a deal for Liverpool’s Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Real is believed to move on in conversations, and Alexander-Arnold’s preference is to participate in the Laliga club.
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Trent Alexander-Arnold will miss the Merseyside Derby with injury, but how much influence has his absence on Mohamed Salah?
What has been said?
Sky Sports Pundit Jamie Carragher about how a Real Madrid movement would affect the perception of Alexander-Arnold among Liverpool fans: “Liverpool supporters will be appreciated by what Trent has done on the field. It will smash his legacy in some people’s eyes. When you think of players who played the whole career in the club and turned down opportunities to go down elsewhere.
“He came through the academy, and very few players do what he has won everything to win, and he has been a brilliant player for Liverpool. If he goes, of course I will be disappointed, but I hope it goes well for him.”
What else you need to know …
Real Madrid will sign Trent Alexander -Arnold in time for him to play in the club World Cup this summer -despite his Liverpool contract not expiring until 15 days after the tournament has started.
“If they want him to Sky Sports News Chief Reporter Kaveh Solhekol.