Liverpool sit top of the Premier League after a fine start to the season but there are still issues that need to be resolved off the field
Liverpool legends Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk, and Trent Alexander-Arnold’s contract situations are casting a “dark cloud” over the club, says Ally McCoist. The Champions League pundit aired his concerns on talkSPORT BET stressing that the Reds urgently need to secure the trio on new deals or risk losing them for free next summer.
“The problem still hanging over the club, which they still need to address, is the contract situations,” he said. “We’re talking about three of their most important players and they have to do something about it. If not, that dark cloud will hang over the playing staff and the fans until it’s resolved. In an ideal world they would keep hold of all three of Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk.
“All three of them are fabulous football players and top professionals. However, they can’t afford to just keep them for one season and then let them go on a free. Anyone with business sense will tell you that you cannot let assets worth tens of millions of pounds leave for nothing.
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“The most important thing for the fans is the football team on the pitch, but they’ll realise that the club has to be run smartly with a proper business model. For that reason, they need to get the situation ironed out sooner rather than later.”
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McCoist also had high praise for Liverpool’s head coach Arne Slot, expressing his admiration for the work he’s doing at Anfield. With eight wins out of nine games under Slot, Liverpool are currently leading the Premier League and McCoist believes the Dutchman is proving his worth.
“I’ve enjoyed what Liverpool have been doing so far this season under Arne Slot,” he said. “They’ve had a really solid start and aside from one loss, they’ve been really good. I’ve also liked listening to Slot, he sounds like the real deal both before and after games. I think Liverpool fans will be giving him big pass marks at this moment in time.
“They had one blip losing to Nottingham Forest at home and they surprised me with the lack of opportunities they created in that game. I’ve always looked at Liverpool as a team who are great going forward, creating lots of chances and scoring goals, but they weren’t at it in that particular game. But that can happen to any team, we’ve all had games like that.”
