Graeme Souness is concerned that Virgil van Dijk is unconvinced by Arne Slot and will seek a move away from Liverpool this summer.
Souness pointed to comments the club captain made about his future back in January in which he hinted that his next steps might lie away from Anfield
Van Dijk has already spoken about countryman Slot’s impending arrival, describing him as 'one of the best Dutch coaches' around currently
The 32-year-old has just 12 months remaining on his contract and faces a crossroads this summer.
Souness fears that the Netherlands international is leaning towards an exit, mooting that he is “obviously unhappy” at Liverpool and could look for one last big career move
Souness
“The fact that Virgil van Dijk’s contract end is coming up worries me, he’s 33 in July, and if his agent were to call up the sporting director at Real Madrid, they’d take him.
“I just look at him now and the noise he’s been making, which he hasn’t done throughout his career, and I think he’s obviously unhappy.”
Souness added:
“He’ll [Van Dijk] have asked questions about the new manager already and will be the one that Arne Slot has to win over.
“Slot must get Van Dijk onside – he’s the captain – but Van Dijk might not fancy him.
“He might’ve heard something on the grapevine and may think that this guy won’t take the team where they want to be, the clock is ticking on his career, maybe he needs to go someplace else to win more silverware.
“He has won two of the big ones with Liverpool, but he’s not a serial winner.”
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