Arne Slot offers new Liverpool injury update for Man City with worrying admission READ MORE :Arne Slot explains why Liverpool made Curtis Jones transfer decision READ MORE :The club have certainly prepared well thus far given the signing of Giovanni Leoni last season and Jeremy Jacquet earlier this week. However, Arne Slot teased in his pre-match press conference on Thursday that Van Dijk could very well remain at Anfield beyond the end of his contract next summer. We do know somewhere in the upcoming years there is life after Virgil but that is for every position. Regardless, it's been a below-par season for Van Dijk who has been blamed for Liverpool's disappointing campaign by football icon Ruud Gullit. "I have been critical of Virgil van Dijk several times, because he’s the Liverpool captain," Gullit told Gambling Insider.

Source: Daily Mirror February 06, 2026 12:02 UTC