According to reports, certain senior players from Liverpool are said to be discontented as the club did not inform them earlier about Klopp’s departure.
The football community was taken aback when Jurgen Klopp announced his departure from Liverpool at the end of the season through an emotional video message.
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This announcement has introduced a sense of ambiguity regarding the future of crucial Liverpool players such as Virgil Van Dijk, Mo Salah, and Trent Alexander Arnold, all of whom have only one year remaining on their contracts come summer.
When questioned by the media about his future, Van Dijk added more speculation to the situation.
Van Dijk was asked whether he sees himself in Liverpool’s new era, the Dutchman said, via The Times: “That’s a big question, Well, I don’t know.”
Liverpool supporters might have additional reasons for worry, as per David Ornstein of The Athletic, who has reported that certain members of the Liverpool squad are dissatisfied with the club’s handling of the situation.
“They didn’t have any advanced warning. I’ve had suggestions that not all the senior players were particularly happy about that, but I guess when you’re in Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp’s shoes you’re probably damned if you do, damned if you don’t,” Ornstein explained.
“You could tell them and it gets out and you lose control of it or you don’t tell them and the players are unhappy they didn’t get advanced warning.”
Ornstein also confirmed there have been no serious conversations regarding contract extensions for the three players previously mentioned.
“In normal circumstances, I think Liverpool would have already sorted these contracts or be well on the way to sorting them,” Ornstein said.
“Van Dijk will be 33 in the summer so it’s a massive call for him, Mo Salah also in his 30s and has been courted so heavily by the Saudi Pro League.
“Alexander-Arnold is in amazing form so many clubs would want him if he were to become available.”
