Virgil van Dijk has cast doubt on his future at Liverpool following Jurgen Klopp's announcement that he will leave the club at the end of the season.
Asked if he saw himself as part of the club once Klopp left, Van Dijk said: “That's a big question, I don't know.
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“The club will have a big job on its hands. That is well known. Replace the coach and replace not only the coach, but the staff leaves, and there are many things that will change.
“So the club has a big job on its hands and I am very curious to know what direction it will take. But when it is announced we will see our situation. I can't say much about it.”
The Dutch international, who joined the Merseyside club in 2018, has been a stalwart in the Klopp era which saw the club win the Champions League in 2019 and the Premier League in 2020, the club's first league title in 30 years. .
He won the FA Cup and Carabao Cup in 2022 and, following Jordan Henderson's move to Al Ittihad last summer, was named club captain.
Like Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk has just 18 months left on his contract but has said his focus remains on giving Klopp a trophy-laden send-off this season.
“Obviously it will be the end of the Jurgen Klopp era,” he said. “I'm very happy to still be part of it. That's why I don't like to talk about it. I'm still part of it.
“That is my main objective and we will see it at the end of the season. Hopefully we will have the success that we all dream of and that we fight for every day and, by then, there will probably be more clarifications about what the club wants.” the future and then we will see.”
The 5-2 victory over Norwich in the FA Cup on Sunday keeps Liverpool in the hunt for four trophies this season. They are top of the Premier League, five points ahead of second-place Manchester City, and will face Chelsea in the Carabao Cup final on February 25. Their opponents in the Europa League round of 16 have yet to be announced.
