Jurgen Klopp hopes Salah, Van Dijk and Alexander-Arnold sign new Liverpool deals
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Former Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says he hopes Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold stay at the club and has stressed he has no regrets about his own decision to leave. Forward Salah and defenders Van Dijk and Alexander-Arnold are all currently on contracts that will run out this summer.
Klopp, who stepped down as Reds manager at the end of last season and is now Red Bull’s head of global soccer, told a press conference in Salzburg on Tuesday: “He (Salah) is the biggest striker Liverpool had in modern times. “Fantastic player, fantastic human being, outstanding athlete, best ambassador (Egypt) could have. Fantastic really in very much all departments. So I hope he will stay at Liverpool.
“From my point of view I would love all three of them to extend their contracts, but I don’t know. They didn’t tell me.”. Klopp also gave a playful answer when asked about the possibility of the trio joining Red Bull’s network of clubs in the future, in which he referenced criticism of right-back Alexander’s defending.
The German said: “Oh, yeah – Virgil, I’m pretty sure he would love to have now five more years at Liverpool and then between 41 and 44 for New York Red Bulls because he probably underestimates US football. But open arms, no problem. He is the biggest striker Liverpool had in modern times. I hope he will stay.
“Mo, yes, would love to – I don’t think we have a chance to pay him to be honest. “And then Trent, yeah, and he could finally learn defending, eh? I can’t believe that you all discuss this still, it’s so poor and I’m really happy I’m not part of that.
