Van Dijk unwilling to commit future to Liverpool after Klopp’s exit

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk is unwilling to commit his future to the Reds till he has readability over the membership’s long-term imaginative and prescient, with the defender uncertain what comes subsequent for him after his Anfield deal expires subsequent summer time.

Van Dijk is one in every of three star names whose contracts want sorting forward of 2025, alongside Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold. And although there aren’t any instant issues that the captain desires an exit, he desires to see what occurs subsequent earlier than signing any extension.

Asked if he sees himself being a part of the following period after Jurgen Klopp leaves the membership, Van Dijk stated: ‘That’s an enormous query. I do not know.’ Klopp will likely be joined in departing by sporting director Jorg Schmadtke, plus coaches Pep Lijnders, Peter Krawietz and Vitor Matos.

The captain was quizzed on how he solely has 18 months left on his deal and replied: ‘That’s right. Good maths. I do not know. The membership can have an enormous job on their arms, that’s well-known.

‘To change not solely the supervisor however the entire workers, there are such a lot of issues that can change. I’m very curious which route that can go in however when that will likely be introduced we are going to see our state of affairs. I am unable to say a lot about it. It would be the finish of Klopp’s period and I’m nonetheless a part of it.

Virgil van Dijk is unwilling to commit his future to the Reds till he has readability over the membership’s long-term imaginative and prescient

The defender’s contract at Anfield expires subsequent summer time and he has not but signed a brand new deal

Klopp made the shock announcement final week that he’ll go away on the finish of the season

‘That’s why I do not like to speak about it. That is my important focus. We will see on the finish of the season, hopefully we can have the success all of us dream of and by then in all probability there will likely be extra clarification about what the membership desires for the long run after which we are going to see.’

Van Dijk added: ‘Nothing has actually modified (with the squad’s mentality after Klopp’s announcement). Obviously issues will change on the finish of the season and within the new season however for the time being it would not and we now have to maintain doing the identical issues.

‘It’s simpler stated than completed however I sense the remainder of the boys assume like that as effectively and it’s the job for me to make sure we maintain it that approach. Today was a superb day. The supervisor stated it in his press convention: ask all the things there after which we return to specializing in what we need to obtain.

‘That’s how I see it as effectively. We can communicate in regards to the state of affairs about what’s going to occur subsequent yr each week but it surely would not change. It’s noise we do not want and that is why we concentrate on getting the job completed and that is why I really feel nothing has modified.

‘It remains to be the identical however on the finish of the season there will likely be various things occurring in fact however that’s for the membership to kind out.’