Virgil van Dijk's response when asked if Mo Salah will return to Liverpool speaks volumes

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And if you expected Virgil van Dijk to emphatically dispel any idea that Salah might have played his final game for Liverpool, you were mistaken.Salah is now on Africa Cup of Nations duty for Egypt. He certainly wants to line up alongside Salah again but knows it is not a given.Van Dijk went on: “I have no control over that.

We hope he will be successful there and all hope he comes back and is important for us for the rest of the season.“But on the other side of it, we all know football and have no idea what will happen. I hope he stays, as he is one of my leaders, a very important player which you saw with another assist.

It is a very tricky situation.“But looking at it, and in the conversations we’ve had on a daily basis, I think he’s handled it very well. But I think we showed this week we are absolutely united and we go forward as one.” But whether that one includes Salah remains to be seen.Join our new WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Mirror Footb all content.