Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has hit out at the media following Virgil van Dijk's comments on his future at Anfield.
Van Dijk says he cannot be certain he will stay at Liverpool next season but Klopp says the line of questioning is to blame.
Liverpool will need to find a new manager from next season following last week's announcement.
Klopp said he no longer has the energy to manage the Reds and will leave in the summer after almost nine years.
Jurgen Klopp has responded after Virgil van Dijk couldn't confirm whether he will stay at Liverpool
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Van Dijk sparked concern this week when he claimed he doesn't know what his future holds beyond this season.
The Dutchman's contract at Anfield expires in the summer of 2025, along with fellow first-team stars Mohamed Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Klopp was asked about Van Dijk's comments at his press conference on Tuesday and whether his own departure could see top players leave in the near future.
He doesn't think it will and instead took aim at the media for asking Van Dijk, conceding he 'knew that would happen'.
Klopp said: "No I don't think so. It's completely normal. It was always clear when I said what I had to say, it was always clear that the outside world would not give you a second to process it, to think about it.
"It's just the next thing is 'What are you doing?'. So a week ago or whenever, nobody knew about my decision, he had 18 months on his contract and nobody asked. So give us a break.
"I knew that it would happen because [the media] can't wait with these kind of questions.
"Virgil didn't go out and say 'By the way, what I want to say...'. It's always about the questions. We always need to answer these kind of things.
"Write what you want, this club is stable 100 per cent and everything will be fine, I'm 100 per cent sure and the rest we have to get through this, we have to get through your questions, we have to give answers and that's how it is."
Klopp says the fans must not be concerned with Van Dijk's comments and doesn't want outside talk to derail his team's season.
He added: "I would recommend to stay calm in this department, massively.
"Very often the fans concerns are not as big as the media might think because you underestimate the IQ of our supporters I think.
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"They know these kind of things come up, it's just completely normal. So there is nothing to worry about in this moment in time.
"We are in this season and all these talks could be part of the possible destruction about this season."
Van Dijk has played a huge part in Liverpool's success since joining from Southampton in January 2018.
He knows the club have a tough task to replace Klopp and couldn't confirm if he will be part of the new era.
Jurgen Klopp signed Virgil van Dijk from Southampton in 2018
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Van Dijk said: "Listen, I don't know. The club will have a big job on their hands, that is well known.
"To replace the manager and replace not only the manager, the staff is leaving, and there are so many things that will change.
"So the club has a big job on its hands and I am very curious which direction that will go in.
"But when that will be announced we will see our situation, I can’t say now.”
