Liverpool are in serious danger of losing some of their key players due to their contract situation.
Virgil Van Dijk, Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold have entered the final year of their contracts at the club and their futures at Anfield remain uncertain.
Salah has been linked with a move to the Saudi Pro League while Alexander-Arnold he is being chased by Real Madrid.
The Reds want to keep their three most important players at the club, but as we approach the January transfer window, it is giving them the opportunity to negotiate a pre-contract with other clubs.
Club legend John Barnes has opened up about concerns over the future of Liverpool stars at the club with advice for fans.
Barnes has told fans to be respectful of the club if any of these players move away from Anfield.
The legendary Liverpool figure wants the fans to remain calm as he believes it is now up to the players and not the club whatever happens moving forward.
While speaking talkSPORT (via Waking up the Kop), said:
“I urge the fans not to go into the club and say, ‘Oh, they lack ambition not to keep them.’
“Because if they go, they will go. There is not much the club can do. They will offer them their best contracts, which they will do, and if they decide not to sign him, don’t be critical of the club.”
Barnes has rightly called on fans to keep calm and there is no doubt that the players are now in a stronger position than the club.
All of them can have a greater influence now on their future and the contracts they need at the club.
However, the club has made a mess of the situation and left it too late to agree new contracts with the players.
These three Liverpool players are untouchable
All three players are pillars of the Liverpool team and current legends of the club.
The hierarchy should have dealt with their contract issues much earlier and it is a huge surprise to see a club that is usually so well run end up in a situation like this.
There is not much the club can do now and the Reds would obviously like to see all three of these players stay, but the club is in a weak position and Barnes has suggested that with his comments.
More than Van Dijk and Salah, the Reds would be worried about the future of Alexander-Arnold, as of the three, he has the most football left in him and, at 26, is right at his prime to perform and contribute . for the club
