Liverpool release 10 players including cult hero Joel Matip and £20million star as Arne Slot begins Anfield rebuild
JOEL MATIP leads the ten-man list of names leaving Liverpool this summer.
The Reds are preparing for life without Jurgen Klopp for the first time in almost ten years.
AlamyJoel Matip leads the ten-man list of names leaving Liverpool this summer[/caption]
Klopp will be replaced by departing Feyenoord boss Arne Slot.
And Slot has already seen his squad reduced after Liverpool confirmed their departures for the upcoming season.
Thiago Alcantara joins Matip as a notable name preparing to leave following the expiration of his contract.
Both walk away from Merseyside with Champions League and Premier League titles to their names.
Matip was signed in 2016 from Schalke and went onto become a cult hero at Liverpool after 201 club appearances.
Thiago joined for £20million from Bayern Munich in 2020 but the midfielder has been plagued with injuries during his time at Anfield.
The Italian-born Spanish international missed almost the entirety of Liverpool’s last season, making just ONE appearances for five minutes.
He has been linked with a big-money move to Saudi Arabia in the past or a European switch with Galatasaray previously interested.
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Also leaving Liverpool is Adam Lewis, Melkamu Frauendorf, Mateusz Musialowski, Nathan Giblin, Francis Gyimah, Luke Hewitson, Niall Osborne and Cody Pennington are the other names joining him.
Slot will walk into a Liverpool side also facing a fight to keep star man Mo Salah, who has just one year left on his contract.
But as revealed by SunSport, Liverpool are eyeing up Aston Villa’s Ollie Watkins to replace Darwin Nunez.
EPAArne Slot is the man replacing Jurgen Klopp[/caption]
