The three headaches that are shaking Liverpool behind the scenes

Life without Jürgen Klopp is going pretty well at Liverpool at the moment. After years spent under the German coach, the English team is now in the hands of Arne Slot. The Dutchman has had a convincing start with three wins and three clean sheets in the first three Premier League games. He hopes to continue like this, as he is building on a solid foundation. Indeed, he can count on Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk. Three players who were key players at the Mersey club under Klopp. Slot is counting on them this season. Then, it will be time to take stock of the future of each of them since their contracts are all out on June 30, 2025. Mohamed Salah also spoke about his personal situation over the weekend.

“I had a good summer and I had a lot of time to myself to try to stay positive because as you know it’s my last year at the club. I just want to enjoy it and I don’t want to think about it. I feel free to play football and we’ll see what happens next year. I came to the game today thinking it might be the last time (I’d come to Old Trafford with Liverpool). Nobody at the club has spoken to me about a new contract yet, so I’m playing this last season and I’ll see at the end of the season. At the moment we don’t know with which club, but at the moment it’s my last game here with Liverpool. It’s not up to me to decide, but nobody has spoken to me about a contract with the club. We’ll see.”

Three issues to be resolved as soon as possible

With his future unclear, the Pharaoh is causing a panic in England. This Tuesday, The Athletic explains that losing the Egyptian is a possibility. The 32-year-old player has been courted for several years by Saudi Arabia. Moreover, the English media outlet recalls that Liverpool refused an offer of around €180 million from Al-Ittihad for Salah a year ago. The latter could therefore negotiate freely in the coming months and receive a nice windfall. For his part, the Telegraph indicates that it is rather a tactic on the part of the Salah clan to put pressure and obtain a contract extension. The player’s entourage had already used this strategy in the past. The fans, however, hope that he will stay. Like him, Van Dijk is not guaranteed to wear the Reds jersey next year.

Last May, the Dutchman declared: “My future is not important right now. The only thing I can say now is that if I have to say goodbye, I don’t think I will do it without crying. Nothing has changed and nothing is on the table either. No change in my situation.” Since then, the situation of the 33-year-old player has remained the same. The same goes for Trent Alexander-Arnold, who will certainly be more difficult to retain. The 25-year-old Englishman is in the sights of FC Barcelona and especially Real Madrid, who would like to get him back for free and make him a competitor for Dani Carvajal. Unlike Salah and VVD who are older, letting TAA go for free, a player from the house who is younger, would be “hard to accept” according to The Athletic. What is certain is that Liverpool will have to decide quickly and reach an agreement with the players if the club ever wants to continue with them.Three time bombs“which must be quickly defused according to the English media.