"It will be end of Klopp's era & I am still part of it," Virgil van Dijk on Klopp's departure

Virgil van Dijk is reluctant to extend his contract with the Reds

Virgil van Dijk, the captain of Liverpool, are hesitant about signing with the Reds unless he is clear about the team’s long-term plan since he is apprehensive about what will happen to him after his contract at Anfield ends in the summer.

Virgil van Dijk, along with Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah, are three prominent players whose agreements require resolution before 2025. Additionally, the captain wants to wait to sign any extensions until he sees what happens next, even though there are no urgent concerns that he wants to leave.

When asked if he thought he would be a part of the next phase if Jurgen Klopp leaves the team, Van Dijk responded as follows:

‘That’s a big question. I don’t know.’ Klopp will be joined in departing by sporting director Jorg Schmadtke, plus coaches Pep Lijnders, Peter Krawietz and Vitor Matos.

The Liverpool captain was quizzed on how he only has 18 months left on his deal and replied: ‘That’s correct. Good maths. I don’t know. The club will have a big job on their hands, that is well known.

‘To replace not only the manager but the whole staff, there are so many things that will change. I’m very curious which direction that will go in but when that will be announced we will see our situation. I can’t say much about it. It will be the end of Klopp’s era and I am still part of it.

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”That’s why I don’t like to talk about it. That is my main focus. We will see at the end of the season, hopefully we will have the success we all dream of and by then probably there will be more clarification about what the club wants for the future and then we will see.’‘

Virgil van Dijk added: ‘Nothing has really changed (with the squad’s mentality after Klopp’s announcement). Obviously things will change at the end of the season and in the new season but at the moment it doesn’t and we have to keep doing the same things.”

It’s easier said than done but I sense the rest of the boys think like that as well and it is the job for me to ensure we keep it that way. Today was a good day. The manager said it in his press conference: ask everything there and then we go back to focusing on what we want to achieve.”

‘That’s how I see it as well. We can speak about the situation about what will happen next year every week but it doesn’t change. It’s noise we don’t need and that’s why we focus on getting the job done and that’s why I feel nothing has changed.”

”It is still the same but at the end of the season there will be different things happening of course but that is for the club to sort out.”

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