Liverpool prioritising contract extension agreement with soon-to-be free-agent

Liverpool do not want to lose Virgil Van Dijk and have therefore prioritised agreeing a new contract.

The 33-year-old captain is one of several key players in the final 10 months of their contract.

Along with Mo Salah and Real Madrid-linked Trent Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk will be eligible to agree a pre-contract with clubs outside of England from January.

That is, unless, the Netherlands international agrees to an extension before then.

Liverpool determined to extend Virgil...