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Virgil van Dijk couldn’t resit a tongue-in-cheek dig at Mohamed Salah after his new Liverpool contract was confirmed.(Image: Photo by Nikki Dyer – LFC\/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)<\/p>\nVirgil van Dijk’s new two-year deal at Liverpool was confirmed on ThursdayVirgil van Dijk couldn’t resit a tongue-in-cheek dig at Mohamed Salah after his new Liverpool contract was confirmed.(Image: Photo by Nikki Dyer – LFC\/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk couldn’t help but aim a cheeky dig at Mohamed Salah<\/a> after signing a new two-year deal. The Dutchman joined the 32-year-old in committing their future to the club after season-long speculation after going into the campaign at risk of leaving as a free agent.<\/p>\n On Thursday, it was confirmed that the Liverpool<\/a> skipper will remain at the club until 2027, following Salah in penning fresh terms last week.<\/p>\n Both, along with Trent Alexander-Arnold<\/a>, have seen their futures become topics of intense speculation, but the pair have now been rewarded for two superb seasons, which can be capped with Premier League<\/a> glory, as they sit two wins away from securing another top-flight crown.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Arne Slot lifts lid on Liverpool transfer plans with hint at ‘big summer’ – ‘that I agree on’<\/a>READ MORE: What Virgil van Dijk does when cameras aren’t rolling exposes myth and solves Liverpool problem<\/a><\/p>\n In a post on the official Liverpool Instagram account, Van Dijk<\/a> can be heard making a tongue-in-cheek quip at Salah after Anfield<\/a> was the stage for his contract unveiling. The Dutchman’s came in front of a red wall draped with artwork and pictures of the Reds captain’s high points during his career on Merseyside<\/a>.<\/p>\n The 33-year-old said: “So, Mo had a throne and I got this? Huh?”<\/p>\n Following their dramatic win over West Ham United on Sunday<\/a>, the Reds moved 13 points clear after Van Dijk’s <\/a>header late on. During the post-match interview, Salah dropped a hint regarding the Dutchman’s future.<\/p>\n He said: “I am glad that we managed to do that early before the end of the season, and hopefully Virgil will be next. I am just hoping \u2013 so hopefully.<\/p>\n “Look, he can do whatever he wants, but I would love to see him again next year.”<\/p>\n On Friday, Arne Slot<\/a> added that the decision shows the ambition at Anfield<\/a>. He said: “It tells you that we want to keep our best players, the players that have played a great season for so many years in a row now.<\/p>\n “That we are able to keep them when they are free agents tells you about the amazing ambitions we have for the coming years.<\/p>\n “Virgil is so important to us. He’s a great personality and a great player.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Virgil van Dijk’s new two-year deal at Liverpool was confirmed on ThursdayVirgil van Dijk couldn’t resit a tongue-in-cheek…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34181,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[763,1128,79,16,15,1465],"class_list":{"0":"post-34180","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-liverpool-fc","9":"tag-mohamed-salah","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-virgil-van-dijk"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}