Arne Slot calm over futures of Liverpool's totemic trio Mo Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold

Liverpool boss Arne Slot insists he is not worried about the ongoing uncertainty over the futures of Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold as long as the trio are playing well.

All three players are out of contract at the end of the season and the exit of any of them would leave Slot with a big hole to fill in his squad.

Captain Van Dijk, 33, has said he is in conversations with the club but remains unsure over where he might be playing next year, while speculation has linked both Alexander-Arnold, 26, and Salah, 32, with moves away.

The players would be free to enter pre-contract talks with clubs abroad from the start of the new year but Slot is not concerned about the situation at present, with the trio having contributed to a flying start to the season.

"For me the contract situation could become a problem if the players don't perform as well as they do at the moment," Slot said.

"Of course it's not sure that if, if, if they perform not as good any more that it has anything to do with their contract situation.

"At the moment all three of them are in a good place, all of them perform really, really, really well and there are ongoing discussions, as Virgil said, with the people he has to talk with, and that's not me as you know. I talk with him to him about other things.

"Let's wait and see but all what he said is completely right in that he doesn't exactly know what the future will be as long as he doesn't sign the contract yet."

Liverpool host Brighton in the Premier League on Saturday, just three days after beating them 3-2 at the Amex Stadium in the Carabao Cup.

Slot said it was "not weird" to face a team again so quickly but expects a different contest given both teams made several changes for the Cup