Liverpool are growing increasingly confident they will soon reach an agreement over a new contract with captain Virgil van Dijk with all parties wanting to extend the arrangement and with only the terms of the deal now needing to be ironed out,

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has confirmed that “discussions are ongoing” over a new contract to keep him at Anfield. The Netherlands international defender’s current deal expires at the end of the season,

Liverpool has improved immeasurably in a defensive sense this season. Virgil van Dijk has outlined what Arne Slot has changed and how things are different these days.