- Virgil Van Dijk has given a new update on his contractual saga with Liverpool
- Like MO Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold, his contract will expire in summer
- Listen now: Everything is starting! With the Premier League probably ensuring five places in the Champions League, are we rewarding mediocrity?
Virgil Van Dijk says that “he has no idea” where he will play his football next season, and anyone who says he is close to extending his Liverpool contract is “lying to your face.”
There is the possibility that the captain of Los Rojos has played his last match of the Champions League for the Club after his penalty anguish against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday night.
Van Dijk is out of contract in the summer and, although Liverpool has submitted a new offer, the two parties are not closer to reach an agreement to stay.
When asked if he will return next season for another crack when he lifted the champions League, the Dutchman said: 'I have no idea. I still have no idea right now. Truly. I have no idea right now.
'It is not waiting. Nothing is waiting. There is simply … I still say the same. Listen, there are 10 games to go (this season) and that is my full approach. If there is news, you will know. But I don't even know myself.
'Everyone knows that there are some conversations behind the scene, but that's all. At this time I don't even know what will happen next year. If someone says they know, they are lying to you in the face.
Virgil Van Dijk has given a new update on its current contract situation in Liverpool
Van Dijk's contract will expire at the end of the season after seven and a half years in the club
Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah are also expired in the summer of 2025
Liverpool intends to follow the same tactic they have used throughout the season with the three hired sagas: Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold also see that their agreements expire in the summer. That is to remain in tight lips and not allow situations to develop in public.
Arne Slot has infected many questions about Van Dijk's future in recent months, but has registered to say that his Dutch compatriot is the best player he has trained, in terms of leadership and professionalism.
Because of that, Van Dijk will not allow this contractual saga to distract him from the coming task and admitted that he does not need an additional motivation to win the Premier League and Carabao Cup in the rest of this season.
“There are 10 games, not many, and there are two great awards that we can still obtain,” he added. 'We are going to give everything. We have to feel the disappointment of this loss, but from tomorrow it is recovery. Prepare for a good one.
'If we bring this intensity in Wembley with our fans, then I'm positive. I'm always positive. But I am anxious to be back.
'We do not need any additional motivation. We have 10 games, the Copao Cup final on Sunday, if you need an additional motivation, it is in the wrong business. ''
His comments occur after the Liverpool captain was seen in a deep conversation with two PSG bosses after the reds were eliminated from the Champions League on Tuesday.
Less than an hour after the game was over, Van Dijk was seen in a conversation with the president of the PSG, Nasser Al-Khelaifi, and sports director Luis Campos in the Anfield tunnel.
Van Dijk has insisted that he will not allow his contractual saga to distract him while the red pursue a league and a double glass
The Dutch star spoke after Liverpool crashed into the Champions League after the PSG defeat
Liverpool was hit by penalties after the draw of the last 16 finished the 1-1 level in aggregate
Van Dijk was seen in a conversation with the bosses of the PSG Nasser al-Khelaifi and Luis Campos after the final whistle
His discussions with fields, which seemed to be cordial, occurred less than a week after the Dutchman faced the controversial Portuguese specialists in part time of the first game between the two teams.
You could hear Van Dijk say: 'It is not the Ligue 1 here, brother' after Campos became angry at the referee's decision not to show Ibrahima Konate a red card during the game in Parc des princes.
On Tuesday, the International of the Netherlands played the full 120 minutes during a disappointing night for the Slot band, which suffered a loss in a penalty shooting.
Gianluigi Donnarumma saved the penalties of Darwin Núñez and Curtis Jones, while PSG scored the four kicks on the side of Luis Enrique progressed to the quarterfinals.