Liverpool are ready to make Virgil van Dijk the highest paid player in their history.

The Sun says he will become the highest-paid player in Liverpool's history with a new £220,000-a-week deal.

The Dutch defender, 28, will commit to a five-year contract — worth a massive £57million — once Jurgen Klopp's side have the Premier League title in the bag.

And it will end fears that the reigning PFA Players' Player of the Year will jump ship to Paris Saint-Germain.

The mega-rich French club have made it known to Van Dijk that they would love to sign him this summer — but his head has not been turned.

He currently earns £180,000 a week and could earn another £100,000 on top of that in the French capital.

Instead, Van Dijk is understood to be content to accept the £40,000-a-week rise that will take him ahead of the current top earner Mo Salah.

Egyptian idol Salah earns £200,000 a week.