Liverpool news as Virgil van Dijk makes demand and teammates slammed

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Our latest Liverpool news features club captain Virgil van Dijk calling on his players to raise their game, while two of the Reds' newest signings have come under scrutiny from an Anfield hero of yesteryear.Van Dijk's demandThe Liverpool skipper has stated he hopes the younger, less experienced members of the squad will shoulder greater responsibility next season, with talismanic figures Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson both departing this summer.Van Dijk, who stepped up when it mattered most against Everton at the weekend, is well aware that the new generation must now step up and deliver. "Players have to step up.

And then we have to tackle the season in the best way possible and not have a season like we have had this season again."You have to ask the question to the guys higher up. The leadership boys are falling apart – in terms of players leaving – so players have to step up and see what the guys making the decisions are going to do.

I think you come to the decisive period now, so if it is slipping away you are playing against very difficult opponents and you can get knocked out – not that that is the Liverpool standard I'm used to or we should be used to, not at all."Reds stars slammedJamie Carragher has urged Alexander Isak and Florian Wirtz to justify their substantial price tags next season. You can't go on and buy five players into the team.