{"id":189867,"date":"2016-02-15T14:41:36","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T14:41:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=189867"},"modified":"2016-02-15T14:41:36","modified_gmt":"2016-02-15T14:41:36","slug":"joel-matip-set-to-join-liverpool-at-end-of-season-on-free-transfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/02\/joel-matip-set-to-join-liverpool-at-end-of-season-on-free-transfer\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Matip set to join Liverpool at end of season on free transfer"},"content":{"rendered":"
Schalke defender Joel Matip will join Liverpool at the end of the season, according to the German club.<\/p>\n
Matip, 24, is set to arrive on a free transfer when his current deal with the Bundesliga side expires in the summer.<\/p>\n
The German-born player, who can play at centre-back and in midfield, has 27 Cameroon caps and came through Schalke’s youth set-up.<\/p>\n
He made his Bundesliga debut at the age of 18 and has made more than 200 senior club appearances.<\/p>\n
Matip is the second signing of Jurgen Klopp, who took over as Liverpool manager in October.<\/p>\n
Serbian midfielder Marko Grujic signed for the Reds in January for \u00a35.1m on a four-year contract but immediately returned to former club Red Star Belgrade on loan for the remainder of this season.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Schalke defender Joel Matip will join Liverpool at the end of the season, according to the German club. Matip, 24, is set to arrive on a free transfer when his current deal with the Bundesliga side expires in the summer. The German-born player, who can play at centre-back and in midfield, has 27 Cameroon caps […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":189871,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n