A new report has revealed the main reason for there being \u2018disagreement\u2019 over new contracts for Liverpool pair Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk.<\/p>\n
The Reds<\/strong><\/a> have massively surpassed expectations this season as they have clinched their 20th Premier League title with four games of the 2024\/25 campaign remaining.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Arne Slot<\/strong> <\/a>has seamlessly replaced beloved former boss Jurgen Klopp despite having several off-field issues to deal with.<\/p>\n There has been a lot of noise regarding Salah, Van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold as they entered the final year of their contracts at the start of this campaign.<\/p>\n The three Liverpool players have been heavily linked with potential exits, but Salah and Van Dijk have decided to commit their futures to the Premier League for another two years.<\/p>\n READ:\u00a0Slot to Leeds, Amorim to Liverpool, Howe to Celtic: Premier League manager near-misses<\/a> Alexander-Arnold\u2019s long-term future remains in doubt, but he is expected to join Real Madrid on a free transfer this summer.<\/p>\n This is a blow, but the long-awaited news regarding Salah and Van Dijk provided a huge boost and a new report from Football Insider reveals<\/a> why there was a \u2018hold-up\u2019.<\/p>\n \u2018Liverpool\u2019s contract talks with Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk were partly delayed by disagreements over image rights payments, sources have told Football Insider.<\/p>\n \u2018The protracted sagas ended this month when the pair finally signed two-year extensions running until the summer of 2027.<\/p>\n \u2018However, both deals were hit by stumbling blocks before full agreements were eventually secured.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n MORE LIVERPOOL COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<\/strong> Despite Liverpool\u2019s success this season, they are likely to be busy in the transfer market this summer as they need upgrades in various positions.<\/p>\n The addition of a new striker is required with Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz and Diogo Jota linked with exits.<\/p>\n A report from Caught Offside deems Jota a possible \u2018surprise\u2019 exit as the Reds have \u2018set their asking price\u2019.<\/p>\n \u2018Liverpool are understood to be open to selling Diogo Jota for the right price this summer, with a long list of transfer suitors emerging.<\/p>\n \u2018Sources with a close understanding of the situation have informed CaughtOffside that the Reds have set an asking price in the region of \u20ac50-55m for Jota.<\/p>\n \u2018The Portugal international remains a useful squad player for Liverpool, but he\u2019s had problems with injuries for some time now, so it could make sense to offload him if anyone\u2019s ready to pay up.<\/p>\n \u2018CaughtOffside understands that Jota has interest from his former club Wolves, as well as both Aston Villa and Newcastle United. There is also interest from Saudi Arabia, with Al Hilal, Al Ittihad and Al Nassr.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new report has revealed the main reason for there being \u2018disagreement\u2019 over new contracts for Liverpool pair…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,18517,393,4884,225,179,1128,12,101,16,15,1465],"class_list":{"0":"post-63259","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-diogo-jota","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-home-page","13":"tag-liverpool","14":"tag-mohamed-salah","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-premier-league","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-virgil-van-dijk"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114427641525056069","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63259","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=63259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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