One in the bag, Liverpool in line to announce three new deals in coming weeks - Sources
The Liverpool priority this summer is keeping hold of their stars rather than replacing them with stellar talent.
Jurgen Klopp has already emphasised that none of the first-team stars integral to the club's first league title in 30 years will be sold this summer.
A Liverpool source has told Football Insider that the club are working on a number of high-value deals that will eat into Klopp's budget for transfers and new contracts.
The Premier League champions are in talks with Georginio Wijnaldum over a long-term new deal and they are progressing well enough to give hope it can be finalised in the coming weeks.
Negotiations with Harvey Elliott over a new contract have been finalised and an announcement is set for the end of the season.
The precocious 17-year-old has agreed the terms of a three-year deal - the maximum allowed for someone of his age - worth more than £20,000-a-week.
Virgil van Dijk is in line for a new contract worth 10 times that of his junior teammate.
Football Insider revealed that the Premier League's outstanding defender is being offered a new deal at Anfield worth a staggering £200,000 a week.
His current agreement, worth a basic £124,000-a-week plus various performance related add-ons, expires in the summer of 2023.
It is not as pressing as the need to tie Wijnaldum, 29, down with his fellow Holland international able to leave on a free in 12 months.
Klopp is in no doubt about the importance to his side of both Dutchmen, or the rare talent of Elliott.
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