"The fact that Virgil van Dijk’s contract end is coming up worries me, he’s 33 in July, and if his agent were to call up the sporting director at Real Madrid, they’d take him," Graeme Souness said on the Three Up Front podcast.
"I just look at him now and the noise he’s been making, which he hasn’t done throughout his career, and I think he’s obviously unhappy.
"He’ll have asked questions about the new manager already and will be the one that Arne Slot has to win over. Slot must get Van Dijk onside – he’s the captain – but Van Dijk might not fancy him.
"He might’ve heard something on the grapevine and may think that this guy won’t take the team where they want to be, the clock is ticking on his career, maybe he needs to go someplace else to win more silverware.
"He has won two of the big ones with Liverpool, but he’s not a serial winner."
Van Dijk's contract does expire in a year, but there's been nothing to suggest that he indeed wants to leave.
Besides, he has spoken positively about Slot's appointment and will surely be a regular starter for the fellow Dutchman next season if he stays.
