Liverpool are reported to have identified Borussia Dortmund centre-back Nico Schlotterbeck as a potential summer target amid the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Virgil van Dijk's future. Van Dijk will see his current contract expire at the end of the season and recently insisted anybody who claimed to know what his future holds is "lying",

There is nothing in a widely-reported meeting between Nasser Al-Khelaifi and Van Dijk following Liverpool's Champions League exit to Paris Saint-Germain. It was not planned at all. Al-Khelaifi simply embraced Van Dijk before the pair expressed mutual respect. The Ligue 1 table-toppers' sporting director Luis Campos then joined for a brief chat.

The Netherlands international insists Arne Slot’s side cannot afford to dwell on bowing out of Europe as they prepare to face Newcastle United in Sunday’s Carabao Cup final at Wembley. With Liverpool 15 points clear of Arsenal in the Premier League, they could still lift two trophies this season.