Having been requested concerning the contracts of Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mo Salah and Virgil van Dijk, Kostas Tsimikas gave a solution that has fearful some Liverpool supporters.
As followers know, Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk and Salah all have Liverpool contracts expiring on the finish of the season.
Updates on the standing of negotiations have been few and much between, leaving supporters over-analysing each phrase the squad says concerning the trio who’ve made a mixed 966 appearances for the Reds.
Tsimikas is the newest to have spoken concerning the three gamers, telling Sky Sports activities: “They’ll take pleasure in it in the event that they keep or in the event that they go, so I feel that’s the one factor [that] issues.
“It’s as much as them what they’ll do. For positive, the blokes who depart, we’ll miss them quite a bit as a result of all of them, they’re a few years right here.
“So, yeah. They know what they need from the longer term however their considering is at all times, you understand, to take pleasure in each second right here.
“I feel for everyone, [it] is a very powerful to take pleasure in and also you don’t know what the longer term will deliver.”
It’s the phrase “the blokes who depart, we’ll miss them” that’s worrying supporters, a few of whom see this as an announcement that a minimum of one of many gamers is headed for the exit.
Whereas it does sound that method, the reality is that we’re possible over-analysing his phrases ourselves.
English isn’t Tsimikas’ first language and it is vitally simple to combine tenses up. Additionally, within the wider context of the interview, he’s speaking about them leaving as a attainable situation moderately than a particular.
Salah, Van Dijk and Alexander-Arnold have all stored their playing cards comparatively near their chests however have spoken on the subject when pressed.
Of the three, in the meanwhile, Van Dijk appears most probably to remain. He mentioned not too long ago: “I can say clearly discussions are ongoing, however I don’t know, we’ll see what occurs sooner or later.
“My full focus is on Liverpool, desirous to win video games which are forward of me and nothing else.
“What the longer term will deliver I do not know in the meanwhile. I can solely let you know that discussions have been began up and we’ll see.”
In the meantime, Alexander-Arnold and Salah’s discussions proceed to be stored behind closed doorways as Liverpool’s season ticks on.
