One Liverpool participant is reportedly in ‘preliminary’ talks over a possible new contract at Anfield.
A lot of the 2024/25 season was performed out to the uncomfortable backdrop of uncertainty as as to whether Mo Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold would signal new offers with the membership, till the primary two ultimately put pen to paper in April.
It’s now the flip of Ibrahima Konate and Andy Robertson to be approaching a crossroads as as to whether or not they’ll prolong their contracts, however past these whose offers expire subsequent summer time, FSG look like trying additional forward to safe the long-term way forward for some gamers on the membership.
Alex Criminal reported in September (through talkSPORT) that Liverpool are ready to supply Ryan Gravenberch a brand new contract, though the Dutchman performed down such claims this week.
Szoboszlai and Liverpool in ‘preliminary’ talks over new contract
In accordance with Gregg Evans for The Athletic on Thursday morning, ‘preliminary discussions are going down’ with Anfield chiefs over a doable new deal for Dominik Szoboszlai, though ‘membership sources are downplaying that any settlement is imminent’.
Just like his aforementioned midfield teammate, the Hungarian’s present phrases run to June 2028.
Szoboszlai would 100% deserve a contract extension at Liverpool
Szoboszlai is at present on £120,000 per week at Liverpool, with 11 teammates incomes greater than him (Capology), and the 25-year-old may justifiably clamour for a wage improve to raised mirror his standing on the membership.
Van Dijk hailed the midfielder as a ‘essential‘ participant for the Reds after the win over Actual Madrid on Tuesday, and no LFC fan would disagree with that assertion from the skipper.
Certainly, Evans argued in his piece for The Athletic that our quantity 8 could possibly be a robust contender to succeed the 34-year-old as our captain after the present holder of the armband departs Anfield, and it’s a good shout provided that he already has that position for Hungary and leads by instance together with his performances on the pitch.
It attests to how magnificent Szoboszlai has been this season that, even when Liverpool have been within the midst of a dreadful run of kind final month, he was nonetheless placing in top-level shows which sadly weren’t replicated all through the staff as a complete.
Whereas there are extra pressing contractual issues on the membership, it’s encouraging to find that the wheels are seemingly being put in movement for the Hungarian midfielder to be rewarded with a brand new deal which’ll hopefully maintain him on Merseyside all through the prime of his profession.
You’ll be able to watch Slot’s full post-Actual Madrid press convention through Empire of the Kop on YouTube:
