Virgil van Dijk has joined Mo Salah in signing a brand new two-year deal at Liverpool, with the long-serving duo each committing to the Reds till 2027.
The Merseyside membership introduced on their official web site and social media channels at 11am on Thursday morning that the captain has agreed a contract extension, with the ‘proud’ Dutchman insisting that it was ‘at all times’ his intention to proceed with the Premier League leaders.
Shortly after the information broke, The Athletic‘s David Ornstein shared some particulars concerning the 33-year-old’s new settlement at Anfield.
How a lot will Van Dijk earn with new Liverpool contract?
Van Dijk will earn £400,000 per week at Liverpool over the subsequent two years, with no break or launch clauses throughout the contract.
The wages are largely assured and preserve his standing because the best-paid defener in Europe, with the one incentives pertaining to the Reds’ total success moderately than any particular person efficiency metrics for the Netherlands worldwide.
Ornstein’s colleague James Pearce has given his fast response to the information, describing it as a ‘no-brainer’ resolution from LFC as a result of participant’s ‘enduring worth’, although the awarding of a brand new two-year deal to one of many membership’s highest wage earners (who’ll flip 34 in July) may normally be ‘thought of a raffle’.
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Van Dijk is price each penny of that new contract
For Liverpool to now commit each Salah and Van Dijk for 2 extra years on contracts price £400,000 per weekeven when the duo are approaching their mid-30s, displays simply how particular these gamers proceed to be at Anfield.
FSG aren’t famend for handing out profitable extensions to footballers heading in the direction of the twilight of their profession, however no one may dispute that the Egyptian winger and Dutch defender are each totally deserving of their respective new offers.
The ahead’s tally of 32 objectives and 23 assists this season speaks for itself, whereas Pearce rightly stated (through The Athletic) that our quantity 4 ‘has been immense’ all through the marketing campaign and ‘brings out the very best in gamers round him’, in additing to repeatedly setting the requirements on the AXA Coaching Centre.
It’s a pity that Trent Alexander-Arnold doesn’t appear more likely to be a part of Salah and Van Dijk in renewing his contract at Liverpool, however Reds followers already appear to be transferring on swiftly from experiences of the vice-captain’s impending transfer to Actual Madrid.
In the event you’d stated to LFC supporters at first of April that their captain and their prime scorer would each have signed two-years offers earlier than Good Friday, they’d have immediately erupted with glee.
Give Richard Hughes his due – to drag off these two large contract extensions in fast succession is a critical accomplishment by the sporting director.
