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De Bruyne, Van Dijk expose challenges of contract extensions

Liverpool's Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk, and Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne are three of the biggest stars of the Premier League era. They have each helped their team to win all of the biggest club honours and are certain future Premier League Hall of Famers. Yet they are all 30-somethings entering the final six months of their contracts.

Salah (32) and Van Dijk (33) haven't yet been secured to new deals at Anfield, and De Bruyne (33) is still waiting to hear whether he has a future at the Etihad beyond next summer's FIFA Club World Cup.