The contracts of the three players are scheduled to expire at the end of the current season, and the departure of any of them is certain to leave a big void in the Liverpool squad.
Van Dijk (33 years old) said that he is in talks with club officials, but he is still unsure about the team he will play for next season, while speculation has linked both Arnold (26 years old) and…Salah (32 years old) to leave.
The players will be free to enter into negotiations with other clubs from the beginning of the new year, but Slot is not worried about the situation at the moment, as the trio contributed to a great start to the team’s current season.
The Dutch coach said on Friday: “For me, the contract situation may become a problem if the players do not perform as well as they are performing at the present time.”
He added: “At the moment, the three players are at a good level, and each of them is performing really well, and there are ongoing discussions, as Virgil said, with the people he has to talk to, and that is not me, as you know. I am talking to him about other matters.”
Slott explained in his statements, which were reported by the British news agency (BA Media): “Let us wait and see, but everything he said is completely true in that he does not know exactly what the future will be as long as he has not signed the contract with the club yet.”
And he meets Liverpool His guest is Brighton on Saturday English Premier Leaguejust 3 days after winning 3-2 in the match between the two teams in the round of 16 of the Professional Clubs Cup, on Wednesday.
Slott revealed that it is “not strange” to face a team again so quickly, but he expects a different match given that both teams made several changes in the formation for the cup match.