Virgil van Dijk makes Mohamed Salah plea after Liverpool future decided

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Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk (right) has made it clear to Mohamed Salah (left) that he wants him to stay at Liverpool (Image: Getty Images) This article contains affiliate links, we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. He featured for most of the match after coming on for the injured Joe Gomez in the opening period.Slot then confirmed that he wants Salah to remain at Anfield after he returns from AFCON.Following the fixture, Van Dijk confirmed he has expressed his wish to see his colleague stay at the club past the January transfer window.

I would love to have him around because he is one of the leaders, but the matter of fact is that he is going to AFCON."I wish him absolutely all the best, we will be in contact over the next days [or] weeks because we always are and then let's see. He was good today, he was good Sunday and Monday when we trained, he didn't travel [to Milan] and we trained yesterday together and he was perfectly fine too.Virgil van Dijk has asked Mohamed Salah to stay at Liverpool.

(Image: Getty Images)"It's all about how the team reacts and in my eyes and what I see and how I speak to the guys, I think everyone handled it perfectly well."Van Dijk continued: "First of all it's not about me, it's about the rest of the team. I speak to Mo, I speak to almost all the players, I hear, observe, and that's the most important thing."If you feel it could be a problem within the squad and it could affect the performances then you have a different story but I think we showed this week that we are absolutely united and we go forward as one."Mo is going to the Africa Cup of Nations and we all hope he is going to be absolutely successful there and we all hope that he's coming back and being important for us for the rest of the season."But on the other side of it we all know football and we have no idea what's going to happen."I hope he stays because he's one of my leaders, he is very important and still - as you see today with another assist - important for the football club.