More contract posers for Slot - but this time it's all about HIM

TALKS OVER IMPROVED DEAL COULD BE ON THE CARDS AS BOSS APPROACHES HALFWAY POINT OF HIS DEAL

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NOW well over a year into his time as the head coach at Liverpool, much of Arne Slot’s time has been spent discussing contract impasses of some of his biggest names.

Having joined in the summer of 2024, the Dutchman, alongside sporting director Richard Hughes, inherited three problems that were not of their making, with Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold all inside the last 12 months of their deals.

Barely a week went by without Slot being grilled over at least one of the influential trio, right the way through to April, when it was finally confirmed that Salah and Van Dijk had penned two-year extensions and then the start of May, when it was made public that Alexander-Arnold would be leaving to join Real Madrid.

Slot managed to diffuse those time-bombs with quiet panache last season, rarely giving off the impression that the uncertainty over his three of his best players ever got to him or became a problem behind the scenes.

So it is little surprise to learn that the current stalemate over Ibrahima Konate is not causing Slot to have any sleepless nights at present.