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Liverpool have confirmed that both Thiago Alcantara and Joel Matip will leave Anfield when their contracts expire this summer.<\/strong><\/p>\n
The Reds are braced for a major restructuring as they prepare to replace long-serving manager Jurgen Klopp with Dutchman Arne Slot, who will now have to make do without both Thiago and Matip, who are\u00a0targets for Steven Gerrard\u2019s Al Ettifaq.<\/p>\n
\u201cBefore he even came to Liverpool I believed that if you really love football it would make a lot of sense if you watched Thiago Alcantara play,\u201d Klopp said as he confirmed the Spaniard\u2019s departure.<\/p>\n
\u201cTechnically, he is so, so good. A talent who could play in any team in the world and it was a privilege to have him with us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Klopp added: \u201cI know injuries have been a frustration for him and also for us but the level that he was able to play at when he was available was incredible. This is what I will remember.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow he will go in a new direction with his family and we can only wish them well. Wherever he plays next I would be happy to watch. An artist of the game who will only ever paint the most beautiful pictures.\u201d<\/p>\n
Thiago departs Liverpool having managed just 98 appearances across an injury-hit four years under Klopp.<\/p>\n
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Thiago & Matip will depart \/ Malcolm Couzens | Robbie Jay Barratt \u2013 AMA\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
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Matip joined\u00a0Liverpool\u00a0on a free transfer from Schalke back in the summer of 2016 and went on to make 201 appearances for the Reds, establishing himself as one of the most reliable members of Klopp\u2019s squad before injury brought his campaign to an abrupt end.<\/p>\n
On Matip, Klopp said: \u201cIn all the years that I have been involved in football, I am not sure I have come across too many players who are more loved than Joel Matip. I\u2019m not even sure it would be possible to say anything bad about him.<\/p>\n
\u201cA wonderful professional, a wonderful footballer and a wonderful human being \u2013 we have been blessed to have him with us for as long as we have and now all we can do is wish him well as he heads off in a new direction.<\/p>\n
\u201cJoel\u2019s qualities as a player are there for all to see and as a club we have benefited from them since the first moment that he joined. I don\u2019t think he has had too many headlines over the years but he has only ever been a very famous figure within our group.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have said before that if there was one person who wouldn\u2019t care if he was underrated it would be Joel, but the truth is we could not have rated him more highly. Not only has he set the standards for himself, he has set them for others and this is one of the main reasons why his time here has been so successful.\u201d<\/p>\n
Liverpool have confirmed that both Thiago Alcantara and Joel Matip will leave Anfield when their contracts expire this summer. The Reds are braced for a major restructuring as they prepare to replace long-serving manager Jurgen Klopp with Dutchman Arne Slot, who will now have to make do without both Thiago and Matip, who are\u00a0targets for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":183493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-183492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n
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