£400k-a-week star will leave Anfield in a year if nothing changes

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Virgil van Dijk’s Liverpool contract expires in less than a year as an uncertain era beckons for the Reds. However, this gargantuan development aside, there has already been so much change at Liverpool in the last 12 months that it’s daunting to consider more could take place.

The squad that won the Premier League in 2025 has been totally decimated, with most of the starters sold and replaced, and van Dijk will be the next player to take his leave. The logic of dismantling Liverpool’s title-winning squad is not standing up to scrutiny It’s always easier with hindsight, but Liverpool’s decision to rip up the squad that won the Premier League in the 2024/25 season is not ageing well.

A deleted tweet from the Liverpool Echo’s Paul Gorst expressed this exact sentiment. The players sold or released are: Caoimhín Kelleher Trent Alexander-Arnold Luis Diaz Darwin Nunez Jarell Quansah Tyler Morton Ben Doak Nathaniel Phillips Rhys Williams Mohamed Salah Ibrahima Konate Andy Robertson Liverpool could still sell Cody Gakpo, Stefan Bajcetic, and Harvey Elliott in the next 48 hours, but with van Dijk likely to join this list in 2027, it’s insane to think about how much has changed in such a short space of time.