Jurgen Klopp wants appreciation for departing Liverpool ‘wonderful footballer’ as exit confirmed

Joel Matip’s much-anticipated exit has been confirmed by Liverpool, with Jurgen Klopp highlighting a crucial moment from the centre-back that he feels had profound implications for the club.

Centre-back Matip arrived at in 2016 to help shore up a long-standing problem position at Anfield, going on to play 201 goals in all competitions injury an injury-riddled eight years at the club.

Jurgen Klopp highlights favourite Joel Matip moment

With his contract set to expire this summer and no renewal in sight, we’d all kind of figured out that the Cameroon international would be off this summer.

Matip has not played since suffering an ACL injury in December 4-3 win over Fulham and undergoing surgery.

But has hailed Matip as ‘a wonderful professional’ …