Virgil van Dijk says he expects a “big summer” for Liverpool within the switch market as he reportedly closes in on a deal that may safe his future at Anfield.
Virgil van Dijk says he expects a “big summer” for Liverpool within the switch market.(AP)
Arne Slot’s males are on the point of a record-equalling twentieth English league title after Sunday’s 2-1 victory at house to West Ham, during which Van Dijk scored the winner.
They’re 13 factors forward of second-placed Arsenal with simply six video games to go and will wrap up the title subsequent weekend if outcomes go their method.
Van Dijk’s personal future is prone to be secured later this week, with the announcement of a two-year contract to match Mohamed Salah’s new deal.
Ahead Federico Chiesa was the one outfield signing in final yr’s post-season switch window however he has not often featured and Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot shall be desperate to strengthen.
“I think Liverpool should be able to challenge for titles in the upcoming years,” mentioned Van Dijk, who captained the workforce for the one hundredth time within the league in opposition to West Ham.
“Whatever happens in terms of players going out, players coming in, I think it should be a big summer. I think they’re planning to make it a big summer, so we all have to trust the board to do the right job.
“I feel we 100% can enhance. I feel we should not overlook the standard that the Premier League possesses, particularly this season. It is unbelievable how everybody can beat everybody.”
The Dutch international, 33, said Liverpool would also benefit from a pre-season, with no major international competition taking place this year.
“This yr, there’s a coaching camp and there’s time for the workforce to work on what the supervisor needs and I feel that may then enhance the workforce,” he said.
“I feel a correct pre-season would positively assist the membership with the intention to be much more constant than we have already got been.”
Van Dijk is set to become only the second Liverpool captain to lift the Premier League trophy and he is looking to add to that.
“Being profitable with Liverpool, the tradition of the membership, the whole lot that embodies Liverpool — that’s simply a part of me,” he said.
“I really like the membership, that is fairly apparent. I feel you possibly can see that in the best way I converse in regards to the membership, the best way I work for the membership when it comes to what I do on the pitch on and off the pitch, and that may at all times be the identical.”