Three-and-a-half months on from a nasty ACL damage, Joel Matip took a significant step in his restoration throughout coaching – as an enormous resolution looms over his Liverpool future.
Matip was dealt a depressing blow in December as he was pressured off the pitch halfway by way of the second half of the 4-3 win over Fulham at Anfield.
The centre-back was making his twelfth begin of the season, however it might be his final as scans on his knee found harm to his ACL which required surgical procedure.
However after growing his workload within the gymnasium in current weeks, he was cleared to run across the pitches on the AXA Coaching Centre for the primary time in over three months.
“Joel Matip is, immediately, operating for the primary time,” Jurgen Klopp informed followers watching an open session on Wednesday.
“What number of months? Three months? Loopy, completely loopy.”
There may be nonetheless no signal that Matip shall be match to play a component in any of Liverpool’s video games within the remaining two months of the season.
Along with his contract because of expire on the finish of the marketing campaign, he’s going through the very actual prospect that he has performed his final sport for the membership.
That feeling was solely magnified with the information of Klopp’s resignation, with the supervisor having beforehand advised that he would push for a brand new deal for his No. 32.
Whether or not Klopp’s successor would look to retain Matip is clearly unclear, however there was not less than excellent news for the 32-year-old this week.
Regardless of his damage issues, there would unlikely be a scarcity of suitors if Liverpool choose towards providing him a contract extension.
Matip has already been linked with a return to Germany with Eintracht Frankfurt, for instance, although the credibility of these claims could be questioned.
The chances are high that if his restoration overlaps with the tip of his present phrases, Liverpool would not less than oversee the rest of his rehabilitation after eight seasons on Merseyside.
