Liverpool stalwart offers major update on Salah, Alexander-Arnold & Van Dijk futures | OneFootball

Liverpool full-back Andy Robertson revealed that certain players have "made it clear they want to continue here" amid the uncertain futures of Mohamed Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk.

The lofty trio of first-team players are all tied to contracts which expire in June. Liverpool are thought to be involved in negotiations over extensions for all three individuals, yet none have agreed to new terms or seemed close to extending their stay.

While Alexander-Arnold has been heavily linked with Real Madrid, Van Dijk's future is defiantly up in the air and Salah has repeatedly expressed his frustration with Liverpool's unsatisfactory initial offers.

Ahead of Sunday's Carabao Cup final against Newcastle United - which could be the last showpiece event for the squad in its current iteration - Robertson admitted that a changing of the guard is on the horizon, but not necessarily this summer.

Andy Robertson (left) and Mohamed Salah are both the wrong side of 30 / Lewis Storey/GettyImages

"We don't know when, but it will come to an end shortly," the Scot told reporters at Liverpool's training ground this week. "I think you see the age of the players who have been here a long time, there's a few of us in our 30s.

"But lads have made it clear they want to continue here and so do we all. We're not really looking at it as the last dance. Players come and go all the time, that's part and parcel at every football club. We've lost players pretty much every year since I've been here."

Robertson's future has also come under scrutiny. This season, the 31-year-old has not quite been able to replicate the performances which have earned him reams of accolades in years gone by. While the Anfield crowd regularly belt out his dedicated chant when he strolls across to take corner kicks, there is a growing sense that some fans would advocate for a change of personnel in his position.

"People want new players into our club, people want players out," Robertson sighed. "That's just the world we live in. That's fans for you. That's everything else for you. There's always somebody elsewhere that they like the look of. That's the world we live in."

Liverpool have been heavily linked with Bournemouth's enterprising left-back Milos Kerkez. The Hungary international is a decade younger than Robertson and boasts a tank which never seems to empty, yet would cost around £40m.