Arne Slot insists Liverpool will not be distracted by the contract situations of Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold, all of whom are set to become free agents next year. (More Football News)
Liverpool are yet to tie down any of their star trio to new deals despite them enteri𒈔ng the final 12 months of their contra𒊎cts, with Salah's future in particular making headlines.
After ജscoring in the Reds' 3-0 win at Manchester United ahead of the international break, Salah said he was keen to enjoy this season in case it prov♛es to be his "last year" at Anfield.
Since Alexander-Arnold made his Premier League debut in December 2016, only Salah (2ꦇ53) has bettered his 229 leagꦆue outings for Liverpool.
Captain Van Dijk, who joined in 2018, is sixth on that list with 200 app♉earances, behind Andy Robertson (221), Roberto Firminไo (211) and Alisson (204).
Speaking ahead of Saturday's meeting with Nottingham Forest, however, Slot outlined his confidence that any contract negotiations will remain in 🥀the background.
"Again, it's the boring answer, but we don't talk about 🌺contracts here," Slot said.
"Is it a distraction? No, it isn't, I am fully focused﷽ on the individuals and the team to work with them to get the best possible ouꦍt of them. It's not a distraction for me at all."
Alexander-Arnold is yet to complete a full 9ܫ0 minutes in the Premier League under Slot, being replaced by Conor Bradley in all three of Liverpool's ga🅺mes this term.
Sl﷽ot believes he is now ready for a full outing, however, having impressed while playing the full 180 minutes as England beat the Republic of Ireland and Finland under interim coach Lee Carsley.
"He proved he could do 90 minutes. He becam🐽e tired in the Ipswich game. He's completely ready to play 90 now," Slot said of Alexander-Ar🌃nold.
"We have another player like Conor Bradley, who can do the job really well. We have a whole team to manage and it's also good for Conor to get his playing minutes.&✱nbsp;
"It's not always the individual, I looꩲk at the team and the whole squad for the fixtures."
