Virgil van Dijk has revealed Mohamed Salah was "affected" by his long-running contract standoff with Liverpool chiefs last season.
The Egyptian forward was locked in talks with his employer over extending his deal at Anfield, which was due to expire at the end of this season. Salah had spoken out publicly on the concerning impasse, insisting he was "not asking for crazy stuff" as Liverpool played hardball in negotiations.
It looked at one stage that the talks would not come to a mutual conclusion, raising the prospect of Salah moving on either this summer or next. That was until Salah eventually signed a new contract just over a month after Liverpool's Champions League final defeat to Real Madrid, putting an end to any speculation over his future, though van Dijk conceded the saga had taken its toll on his teammate.
