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EMERGENCY MEETING! VIRGIL VAN DIJK TO CHALLENGE LIVERPOOL SQUAD FOLLOWING DISASTROUS BURNLEY DRAW RESULTS
Virgil van Dijk calls a high-stakes players' meeting after Liverpool's fourth straight draw. Get the latest on Salah's return.
Virgil van Dijk, Liverpool’s captain, plans to call another players’ meeting on Monday. The team’s push for a Champions League spot feels like it’s slipping, and he wants to tackle the problems head-on.
Van Dijk was furious after Liverpool let Burnley equalise at Anfield. Burnley barely threatened all game—except for one shaky five-minute spell in the second half—and yet Liverpool still ended up with just a draw. Four straight league draws now, something the club hasn’t suffered since 2008. He didn’t even stick around long in the dressing room; he bolted out to speak to the reporters, still fuming.
But the real reckoning comes Monday at the training ground. For the second time this season, Van Dijk’s going to challenge his teammates, just like he did after that ugly loss to Manchester United in October, right in the middle of an awful run.
“I’m frustrated that after 60 minutes we started to become sloppy, and it’s not the first time,” Van Dijk said, looking ahead to a huge Champions League trip to Marseille. “We’ve talked about it before, but here we are again. Monday’s meeting is a big one, because Wednesday’s game over there is going to be really tough—not just because of the atmosphere, but because De Zerbi’s teams always make life difficult.”
He’s not interested in making this about himself. He wants solutions. “It’s not about me calling it out. It’s about how we fix it. We all want to win, and we had more than enough chances against Burnley.”
The result didn’t go down well. The crowd made their feelings clear, jeering as Liverpool missed a chance to close the gap on Manchester City. Now they’re clinging to fourth place, just a point ahead of a whole pack—Manchester United, Chelsea, Brentford, Sunderland, and Newcastle are all close behind.
Van Dijk’s response to the boos? Short and sharp: “I don’t like boos from my own fans.”
He knows what’s at stake. If Liverpool keeps wasting chances, that fourth spot’s going to get harder to hold onto. “I don’t look at what everyone else is doing. We need to focus on ourselves. If we play as we did—wasting chances in the last half-hour—it’s going to be tough. We need to improve, not just watch the others.”
It wasn’t for lack of trying. Dominik Szoboszlai smashed a penalty off the crossbar, Florian Wirtz scored his fourth in six games, and Arne Slot’s side seemed set to take control. Liverpool fired off 32 shots but couldn’t find that crucial second goal. Then Marcus Edwards equalised with Burnley’s only shot on target.
There’s some hope: Mohamed Salah is set to return next week. Whether he’ll be ready for Marseille is still up in the air, after Egypt lost the AFCON third-place play-off on Saturday.
Salah left the club a month ago after a falling-out with Slot, frustrated and accusing the team of throwing him under the bus after a string of bad results landed him on the bench.
Van Dijk is clear about Salah’s value. “With his quality, he wins games for us. Off the pitch, he’s huge for the squad too. He couldn’t make the AFCON final, but when he’s back, we need him to help us.”
TRANSFER DEFENSE: ARNE SLOT BREAKS SILENCE ON SELLING LUIS DíAZ TO BAYERN MUNICH
Arne Slot defends Liverpool's decision to sell Luis Díaz for €75m, citing club sustainability and Alexander Isak's injury woes.
Arne Slot thinks all the talk about whether Liverpool misses Luis Diaz this season has only gotten louder because Alexander Isak’s still out.
Isak’s first season at Anfield has been rough. He’s started just six Premier League games, hasn’t played a full match since joining from Newcastle last summer, and hasn’t even set foot on the pitch since December, when he broke his leg while scoring the winner against Tottenham. He should be back soon, but honestly, Liverpool’s attack struggled for a while. People were quick to complain about their lack of goals and creativity earlier in the season, even though lately they’ve found more rhythm up front.
Luis Diaz set a high bar when he was at Liverpool, and since he left, pundits keep saying the club messed up by letting him go last summer.
But Slot isn’t second-guessing that decision, even with Diaz racking up 32 goal contributions for Bayern Munich this season.
“You always miss top players. He was huge for us last year, but he wasn’t the only one who mattered,” Slot said before Liverpool’s upcoming match at Sunderland. “Plenty of players made a difference in our results. I think we’ve brought in some really good replacements, too.
“And to be honest, if Alex had stayed healthy, would people even be having this conversation?”
Bayern paid €75 million for Diaz, a sum Liverpool just couldn’t turn down for a 28-year-old with two years left on his contract and big wage demands.
The club didn’t want to meet those demands, and when Bayern came calling, the move made sense for everyone.
“Luis Diaz is a great example of how this club is run. If someone offers that kind of money for a 28-year-old, Liverpool, because we care about sustainability, we will sell. That makes us kind of an outlier at the top of the Premier League,” Slot said.
“But that’s also what makes what we’ve done lately so impressive with this model. And honestly, seeing Diaz thrive at Bayern doesn’t surprise me at all.”
BETTER OPTIONS? THE REAL REASON ARNE SLOT REFUSES TO START CALVIN RAMSAY
Arne Slot confirms he will not use Calvin Ramsay against Sunderland despite losing four right-backs. Read the full injury report.
Arne Slot has said that he isn't planning on using Calvin Ramsay, even though Liverpool has some injury problems at right-back.
The Reds are heading to Sunderland on Wednesday night with a few defensive selection issues.
Jeremie Frimpong and Conor Bradley, the team's first and second choices for right-back, are both injured. Dominik Szoboszlai, who can also play on that side of the defence, is suspended.
Joe Gomez might be back from his injury, but his return is still uncertain, and Slot will also be without centre-back Giovanni Leoni.
When asked about Ramsay at a press conference on Tuesday, Slot said, Usually, if you lose a game, the players who aren't playing suddenly seem like the best ones. It happens everywhere.
This is another example. I want to support all my players. I've picked other players until now, and I'll continue to do that tomorrow.
Slot mentioned that Gomez could be back and that midfielders Curtis Jones and Wataru Endo could also play right-back.
Liverpool does have Calvin Ramsay, a right-back, available in the squad.
The Scotland international joined from Aberdeen in 2022 but has only played three times for the first team and hasn't yet played in the Premier League.
It doesn’t look like Ramsay will get a chance on Wednesday, as Slot explained why he doesn’t plan to pick him.
Joe hasn't practised with us yet. 'I think he'll be back today,' Slot said.
If Joe can't start, we're missing four players who can play right-back. Curtis and Wata have played there before, so we've had six different right full-backs.
Ramsay signed with Liverpool for over £4m under Jurgen Klopp but has spent time on loan at Preston, Bolton, Wigan, and Kilmarnock.
He's been with the first team this season, sitting on the bench during Sunday's loss to Manchester City at Anfield.
That was the eleventh time Ramsay has been on the bench in the Premier League this season, and he hasn't been used.
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