Virgil van Dijk will be able to negotiate a pre-contract agreement with foreign teams from the start of January

Virgil van Dijk, 33, believes he "can play for another three, four years at least at the highest level" amid talks about extending his contract at Anfield, which runs out this summer. (Times - subscription required) The Reds are monitoring the situation of France forward Randal Kolo Muani at Paris St-Germain.

The former Liverpool skipper has revealed he sent the current captain an intriguing text message before he signed from Southampton for a world-record transfer fee in 2018.