Joel Matip, 32, is set to leave Liverpool FC upon the expiry of his contract.
He has spent eight seasons with the Reds and has lifted many of the game's greatest honours. The honours include the Champions League, Premier League, UEFA Super Cup, Emirates FA Cup, two Caraboa Cups and the FA Community shield.
On an individual level, Matip was voted Premier league player of the month in February 2022.
Joel Matip was among the first signings made by Jurgen Klopp, he was got on a free transfer from Schakle 04. His transfer has proved to be one of the best bargains in Liverpool's transfer history.
Joel Matip has made 201 appearances for Liverpool, but unfortunately, he has also faced a lot of untimely injuries during his time at the club.
Jurgen Klopp said the following about Matip before he left;
In 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’m not even sure it would be possible to say anything bad about him. A wonderful professional, a wonderful footballer and a wonderful human being – 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. Joel’s 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’t think he has had too many headlines over the years but he has only ever been a very famous figure within our group. I have said before that if there was one person who wouldn’t 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.
Jurgen Klopp went on to add the following statements about the player;
If I had to choose one moment from his time here it would definitely be his assist for Divock Origi at the Champions League final in Madrid. This was the touch that detonated an explosion in the LFC family. What a moment. What a player. We wish Joel and his family the very best for the future.
