Van Dijk on Mohamed Salah's Liverpool future amid Saudi and MLS interest

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk has spoken about the future of "good friend" Mohamed Salah as interest from the Saudi Pro League and MLS persists. Both players signed extensions that run to the summer of 2027. Salah, who was restricted to the bench in December 2025, criticised the club then and accused the Reds of "throwing him under the bus", which sparked exit rumours that eased while he was away at the Africa Cup of Nations; he has since returned to favour and scored in an FA Cup fourth-round win over Brighton.

Van Dijk said: "The situation is what it is. The full focus is on trying to make this season a success first and we will see how then the season ends and then you never know what happens." He added: "I always want Mo to stay because I'm a good friend of him and we've been through the highs and not-so-highs – I don't want to call them lows – together for so many years.

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