What Arne Slot did with one Liverpool player after being appointed head coach is telling | OneFootball

For any in doubt over Virgil van Dijk’s future at Liverpool – look no further than Arne Slot’s checklist in the days following his appointment to the vacant head coach role.

The Dutchman’s current terms remain set to expire in 2025, though there’s every indication that these will be extended beyond that date.

Indeed, it’s telling that the former Feyenoord boss went out of his way to contact the Reds skipper ‘in the days after his appointment to discuss his plans for the team’, according to The Athletic.

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The ex-Southampton defender is joined by Mo Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold on the expiring contracts list.

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Criticised abroad, beloved at home

Virgil van Dijk and the Netherlands national team train in Munich – (Photo by FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images)

It remains one of life’s great mysteries as to how Van Dijk can attract so much criticism from his homeland but be so adored on Merseyside.

We know, of course, that the pressure of the armband in the Netherlands does naturally invite a greater weight of responsibility.

Regardless, there can be no question that his importance is diminishing for club or country.

If one of Slot’s first actions in the opening days of his premiership has made anything clear – it’s that our No.4 will continue to remain a key figure at Anfield.

That should, then, mean a new contract is on the horizon for our talismanic captain.

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