Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp confirmed last night that Joel Matip has suffered a serious injury, and Virgil van Dijk has had his say on the news.
The Reds are having a great season so far. They are just two points behind Premier League leaders Arsenal and are already four ahead of defending champions Manchester City. Liverpool are definitely in the title race, but they may have to do it without Matip now.
Joel Matip has been a great player for Liverpool over the years, but injuries have worried him, haven’t they?
The Cameroonian has been at Anfield since the summer of 2016. He has made 201 appearances for Liverpool in all competitions, but has also missed 104 games due to injury over the years.
That number will increase significantly in the coming months as Jurgen Klopp confirmed in his post-match press conference last night that Matip has ruptured his ACL.
The Reds manager said, according to Liverpool’s official website: “It’s a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament, so that’s what I was unfortunately expecting from the first second. Everything looked like this. What a pity. “
Reacting to the news, Van Dijk said, quoted by Liverpoolfc. com: “Unfortunately, the day we lost Joel Matip and we are all devastated by it.
“It’s also a sign; We have so many injuries in world football that this is something we also want to take into account.
Joel Matip is adored in and around Liverpool, and rightly so.
The Cameroon international has been magnificent for them over the last seven-and-a-half years, and he will be remembered for a long, long time.
Matip’s latest injury is a blow. The 32-year-old is already 32 years old and is about to start the last six months of his contract. Everyone expected him to leave at the end of this season and that will most likely happen now. than before.
ACL injuries normally take more than six months to recover, and it’s now conceivable that Matip will be ruled out for the rest of this campaign. That means we’ll probably never see him in a Liverpool blouse again, which is a real shame.