Liverpool's Joel Matip 'to miss several months with knee injury'
The Cameroonian defender has taken advantage of Ibrahima Konate's fitness woes to once again become Virgil van Dijk's regular defensive partner in the Premier League this season, starting nine top-flight games.
Matip was given the nod when Fulham paid a visit to Anfield over the weekend, but his outing was cut short with 69 minutes on the board, and Jurgen Klopp immediately conceded that his prognosis was not promising.
The club are still awaiting the results of Matip's scans, but Klopp reaffirmed in Tuesday's press conference that the former Schalke man would not be seen on the field again anytime soon.
Now, a report from The Guardian states that Matip is expected to be sidelined for «several months» with knee ligament damage, which means that he could very well have played his final game for the Reds.
The 32-year-old is out of contract next summer, meaning that he can begin talks with foreign clubs in January, and he has not been expected to receive an extension, having previously lost his place in the Reds' XI to a fully-fit Konate.
However, Klopp is supposedly prepared to sanction a new deal for Matip, who has scored 11 goals and provided six assists in 201 games for Liverpool since being signed on a free transfer in 2016.
The ex-Cameroon international has been struck down by several injury problems since joining the club, though, missing a good chunk of the 2019-20 season with a previous knee injury and sitting out the second half of the 2020-21 campaign with an ankle problem.
Konate is expected to be drafted into the backline for Wednesday's clash
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