Trent Alexander-Arnold is not the only Liverpool player whose contract is running down. Captain Virgil van Dijk and star forward Mohamed Salah are in the same position.

Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk are both said to be “desperate” to stay at Liverpool and extend their contracts beyond the summer. That is according to the reliable Sky Sports reporter Melissa Reddy, who writes of the duo’s desire to remain at the club but that “there has been no breakthrough [in talks].”