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Virgil van Dijk, who currently earns around £12.5m a year in salary, has been the mainstay of Liverpool’s backline and he has started the new campaign brilliantly once again.

However, he has entered the final year of his current contract and hasn’t extended it yet so the Merseyside club are currently at risk of losing him for free next summer.

Football Insider states that Liverpool are planning to step up their efforts to sign a new defender as a potential replacement for Van Dijk and are a long-term ‘admirer’ of Crystal Palace star, Marc Guehi.

However, Liverpool plot move to make a swoop for the Englishman next year as he could be available for a lower fee, given he will have only one year remaining in his current contract.

Now, FI states that Palace are ready to open talks with the defender to extend his contract but the defender reportedly isn’t in any rush to sign a new deal.

Newcastle made a concrete approach to sign him this summer but they eventually couldn’t agree on a deal in principle with the South London club.


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