Virgil van Dijk says he’s not entertaining any discuss of a possible Liverpool quadruple this season regardless of the Reds spectacular first half of the marketing campaign.
Arne Slot’s aspect beat Spurs 6-3 on Sunday and are presently prime of each the Premier League and Champions League desk, in addition to within the semi-final of the Carabao Cup.
It has been a robust begin to life underneath Slot however the Liverpool captain insists he is not going to be getting too carried away at this stage of the season.
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Following the 6-3 win at Tottenham, the Dutchman mentioned: “Are you talking a couple of quadruple on this case? Properly, I feel I’ve given solutions already many occasions that we don’t assume what’s on the market in Could. We need to be up there in Could, however we’ve seen how tough it’s.
“However, hear, we focus about what’s subsequent forward of us and that’s the one factor. I’m not getting dragged into any dialog about potential profitable a trophy or two or three or 4.
“It’s all about being there each sport that’s forward of us. In the mean time, there was Spurs, a troublesome one, however we made an excellent sport. After which subsequent is Leicester, and that’s the one group now we have affect on as effectively.”
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Nevertheless, Van Dijk, whose present contract at Anfield is because of finish in the summertime, has not been shocked by a run that has seen them lose simply as soon as in all competitions this time period.
“No [we’ve not surprised ourselves],” mentioned Van Dijk.
“Yeah, clearly, I feel now we have solely had one addition made to the squad by way of Federico [Chiesa], and this group of gamers have been taking part in collectively for fairly a very long time.
“The expertise is there, the standard is there, I’ve seen it each day.
“It’s clearly a shock the place it’s such a giant change occurring with Jurgen [Klopp] being changed by the brand new supervisor, and there’ll at all times be query marks, however I nonetheless had a lot belief in my group that we may undoubtedly be competing in the mean time, within the prime of the Premier League a minimum of. So now we have to remain constant.”
On his contract scenario at Liverpool, Van Dijk added: “There isn’t a deadline in any respect.
“I’ll see what the longer term holds. I focus absolutely on Leicester.”