van Dijk 'set to sign a new five-year Liverpool deal worth £220,000-a-week... making him the highest paid player in Anfield HISTORY'

Virgil van Dijk 'set to sign a new five-year Liverpool deal worth £220,000-a-week... making him the highest paid player in Anfield HISTORY'

• Virgil van Dijk will reportedly sign a five-year deal worth £57million at Anfield
• It ends any fears of the 28-year-old signing for French giants Paris Saint-Germain
• He could have earned a £100,000-a-week pay-rise if he had joined French side 
• The former Southampton defender is understood to be happy with his new terms

Virgil van Dijk is set to become the highest paid player in Liverpool history after agreeing a £220,000-a-week deal.

The Holland international will sign a five-year contract worth £57million according to The Sun, when Liverpool seal the Premier League title.

It ends any fears of the 28-year-old signing for French giants Paris Saint-Germain who have made it known that they want to sign him.

Virgil van Dijk is set to become the highest paid player in Liverpool history after agreeing a £220,000-a-week deal with the club

The Holland international will sign a five-year contract worth £57million according to The Sun

Van Dijk currently earns £180,000-a-week and could have earned another £100,000 on top of that if he had signed for Thomas Tuchel's side. 

The former Southampton defender is understood to be happy with the £40,000- a week rise that's will take him above current top earner Mohamed Salah.

Liverpool superstar Salah currently earns £200,000-a-week and will see his team-mate now earn more than him.

Van Dijk signed from Southampton for £75million in what was a world-record fee for a defender at the time in January 2018.