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Martin Skrtel says he’s happy to wait until the summer to hold talks with Liverpool over a new long-term contract.

The Slovakian centre-back’s current deal expires in 2016 and boss Brendan Rodgers is keen to keep him at Anfield.

Skrtel, who will miss Monday’s Premier League clash with Newcastle United as he completes a three-match ban, has been in outstanding form since the turn of the year and will be available for next weekend’s FA Cup semi-final with Aston Villa at Wembley.

“There was contact with the club a few months ago but at the moment I am just focusing on my game and focusing on the football and then at the end of the season we will see where we stand,” Skrtel said.

“At the moment I am just focusing on my job and then after the season if they want then we can talk.”

Key issues over contracts with Sterling, Henderson and Flanagan

Skrtel’s future is one of a number of contract issues Liverpool need to resolve at the end of the season.

Raheem Sterling has rejected a five-year deal worth £100,000 per week as speculation over his future continues, while Jordan Henderson will enter the final 12 months of this contract this summer.

Negotiations with Henderson’s representatives have yet to reach a successful conclusion with the club so far unwilling to increase their offer of £80,000 per week. Henderson is currently on around £65,000 per week and his camp point to just how far he has progressed during the past four years at Anfield.

Kolo Toure is considering Liverpool’s offer of a one-year contract extension as the veteran Ivorian defender ponders whether to finish his career as a squad player with the Reds or go elsewhere in search of regular first-team football.

Academy graduate Jon Flanagan is also out of contract this summer but the hope is that an agreement will be reached over a new deal. Rodgers recently said he saw Flanagan as a big part of the club’s future. The full-back is looking to make his comeback after missing the entire season with a knee injury.