Liverpool sit top of the league after beating Brighton on Saturday at Anfield.

They couldn’t have had a better match day as both Arsenal and Manchester City suffered defeats at the hands of Newcastle United and Bournemouth respectively.

Arne Slot’s side moved two points clear at the top of the league with Cody Gakpo and Mohamed Salah inspiring the team to victory against Brighton.

Soon the focus will shift to the contract situation of some of the Liverpool players who face an uncertain future at the club.

Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk have all entered the final year of their contracts with the club and speculation over their futures grows with each passing week.

Football pundit and former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher is confident that Salah and Van Dijk will decide to stay at the club but Alexander-Arnold could move to Real Madrid who are interested in signing the English defender.

said Carragher, as quoted by the BBC and reported by The mirror:

“I’m pretty sure the two older guys (Virgil Van Dijk and Mohammed Salah) will sign. They’re at a stage where it’s difficult to move on to a better club than Liverpool.

“When I played the only two clubs where players would want to move on were the Spanish giants, but I don’t really see that now for Virgil and Mo – who will be desperate to break as many records as he can.

“Trent is in a different situation, so that’s the one most people will be worried about with the interest from Real Madrid and the fact that Dani Carvajal has done his ACL.”

Has Trent Alexander-Arnold decided to leave Liverpool?

Fans would be worried after hearing the comments made by Carragher about one of their best players this season.

Alexander-Arnold is a Liverpool fan but he has been linked with a move to La Liga and Champions League winners Real Madrid where his best friend Jude Bellingham plays.

The chance to play with his mate and for one of the biggest clubs in world football may be too hard to turn down for the England international.

He could go straight into the team at the Santiago Bernabeu due to Dani Carvajal’s long-term injury.

At the start of January, Alexander-Arnold will be able to negotiate a pre-contract agreement with other clubs and if the Reds are seriously interested in keeping him, they will need to act quickly.