Liverpool boss Arne Slot insists he’s not anxious concerning the ongoing uncertainty over the futures of Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold so long as the trio are taking part in nicely.
All three gamers are out of contract on the finish of the season and the exit of any of them would depart Slot with an enormous gap to fill in his squad.
Captain Van Dijk, 33, has stated he’s in conversations with the membership however stays not sure over the place he could be taking part in subsequent yr, whereas hypothesis has linked each Alexander-Arnold, 26, and Salah, 32, with strikes away.
The gamers could be free to enter pre-contract talks with golf equipment overseas from the beginning of the brand new yr however Slot will not be involved concerning the state of affairs at current, with the trio having contributed to a flying begin to the season.
“For me the contract state of affairs may develop into an issue if the gamers don’t carry out in addition to they do in the meanwhile,” Slot stated.
“After all it’s unsure that if, if, in the event that they carry out not pretty much as good any extra that it has something to do with their contract state of affairs.
“For the time being all three of them are in a very good place, all of them carry out actually, actually, rather well and there are ongoing discussions, as Virgil stated, with the folks he has to speak with, and that’s not me as you already know. I speak with him to him about different issues.
“Let’s wait and see however all what he stated is totally proper in that he doesn’t precisely know what the long run might be so long as he doesn’t signal the contract but.”
Liverpool host Brighton within the Premier League on Saturday, simply three days after beating them 3-2 on the Amex Stadium within the Carabao Cup.
Slot stated it was “not bizarre” to face a group once more so shortly however expects a unique contest given each groups made a number of adjustments for the Cup conflict.
“Each groups didn’t begin with the group they are going to begin with on Saturday,” Slot stated.
“For each managers it’s a constructive factor in that you already know much more about your opponent, though gamers make the sport and naturally it’s totally different if totally different gamers play.
“The taking part in fashion could be the identical however the qualities of the gamers make the distinction and that adjustments the sport on Saturday.”
Wednesday’s victory made it 12 wins in 14 video games for Slot in all competitions since he arrived in the summertime and, with a watch on 4 competitions this season, it was a helpful studying train for the supervisor as he was capable of rotate a number of gamers and nonetheless get a end result.
“I feel you be taught daily, particularly when you’ve [not been] lengthy with the group as I’m,” he stated.
“You be taught daily from new conditions. I stated from the Chelsea sport one thing I realized from that was that they may sit deep and defend a lead.
“The way in which they got here again towards Arsenal was actually robust, after which the quantity of video games they play and nonetheless be accessible and nonetheless play good soccer.
“Then we noticed throughout the week that gamers who haven’t performed that a lot have an effect as nicely and we are going to want them throughout the entire season so it’s good to see they’re already on a stage they should play for us.”
