Virgil van Dijk makes Alisson Becker future claim and addresses midfielder rumours - 'Never worried'

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Virgil van Dijk has spoken on the possibility of Alisson Becker and Curtis Jones leaving Liverpool this summerVirgil van Dijk has declared he is not worried about the speculation surrounding Alisson Becker as the uncertainty continues over the future of the Liverpool goalkeeper.Alisson has emerged as a major target for Juventus with reports in Italy suggesting initial contact has already been made between the player's representatives and the Serie A club.Liverpool recently exercised their option to extend the contract of the Brazilian with the keeper now committed to the club until the end of next season having joined in 2018.However, Reds boss Arne Slot intimated last week the Anfield hierarchy could this summer have a decision to make over the 33-year-old, who has become increasingly hampered by hamstring issues in recent years.FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FC FACEBOOK PAGE! All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook pageLiverpool are hopeful Alisson will be available for Sunday's trip to bitter North West rivals Manchester United having been sidelined for the last seven games, during which he has been deputised by first Giorgi Mamardashvili and then Freddie Woodman.And while wanting his long-time team-mate to stay, Liverpool skipper Van Dijk is taking a laidback view over the possibility Alisson could follow Mohamed Salah and Andy Robertson out the exit in the coming weeks.“Everyone can feel a certain way about it," said the Holland international.

But if it’s going to happen – and I have no idea about it and I don’t think at this point he has an idea about it – then we will, as a club, adapt to that."We have been through everything together, positive things and some negative things unfortunately as well, so it would definitely be a big blow and a miss but I don’t think, for me, it’s a good idea to think ahead about what could or could not happen."He’s very important for me as one of the leaders in the team and I think he is very important on the pitch because I think he is one of the best – in my opinion the best – goalkeeper in the world. He’s trying to be back as soon as possible to help us for the last four games and that’s our main focus."Whatever happens after that is not something you should ask me.

Of course, there’s no doubt about that."There have also been rumours about the future of Curtis Jones with the 25-year-old approaching the final 12 months of his contract with no signs of an agreement over a fresh deal.Jones has impressed as an emergency right-back in the last two games and has featured for more minutes this season than any other in his Liverpool career.And asked if he wants the Academy graduate to remain at his boyhood club, Van Dijk said: "Of course. I don’t know what’s going to happen because I’m not the boss.“Curtis I thought was outstanding against Everton, was not too much spoken about but especially in possession he was quite a big game-changer, especially in his positioning."It’s nice to be in your original position but he is so comfortable on the ball, he understands what is asked from that position."Despite his imminent departure after nine years at the club, Robertson has started the last three games at left-back ahead of Milos Kerkez and scored his first Premier League in almost two years in the 3-1 home win over Crystal Palace on Saturday.And Van Dijk added: "I made a joke in the dressing room that finally he scores normal goals instead of deflections or own goals because now he scored two great goals against Wolves away and this one, outstanding."Really pleased for him but they (Robertson and Jones) are both outstanding football players and in the case of Robbo we’re definitely going to miss him when the season is over.