Virgil van Dijk weighs in on Alexander-Arnold’s Liverpool contract situation

Virgil van Dijk has revealed that he hasn’t spoken to Trent Alexander-Arnold about his contract situation, explaining that it wouldn’t be fair.

The Liverpool captain recently signed a new two-year deal, following Mohamed Salah’s decision to commit his future to the club.

Alexander-Arnold is still expected to join Real Madrid this summer unless there is a dramatic change in his plans.

With his contract set to expire in June, no deal has been reached with Liverpool to extend his stay.

The Reds’ right-back remained tight-lipped about his future when speaking to Sky Sports after his match-winning performance against Leicester, which brought his side to within one win of securing their second Premier League title in 35 years.

This was Alexander-Arnold’s first appearance since returning from injury, and it came shortly after reports linking him with a potential move to Real Madrid.

Despite the ongoing speculation, Van Dijk has insisted that he is not pressuring Alexander-Arnold about his future.

He said: “I think he was under a lot of pressure already so there’s no point for me to put him on the spot. The full focus was for him to get back to full fitness, be important for the remaining games of the season. And he showed today that he was so now it’s on to the next.

“Whatever may happen in the future for him, that’s something that he has to resolve with himself and the family. But he’s a Liverpool player at this point and he’s important for our team.”

Trent Alexander-Arnold celebrated passionately after scoring, ripping off his shirt and sliding on his knees in front of the jubilant away supporters..

At full-time, Virgil van Dijk gave the right-back a gentle push toward the travelling fans, urging him to soak in the acclaim for his match-winning heroics.

The Netherlands international added: “I think we forget that we are dealing with a human being. Sometimes he goes through so many moments in the last couple of months and everyone will have an opinion on the way he’s obviously been. But for us as players, we want to win games and he’s been important throughout the whole season.

“He’s been important for all those years that we have been together and there’s still games to go and then we to need to have the best Trent Alexander-Arnold and what I said, what happen in the future, what happen that’s life and football and we’ll see.”