CB Joel Matip
Liverpool didn’t bring in the Cameroonian to sit on the bench behind Ragnar Klavan.
I’m extremely excited to see Matip gracefully maraud the pitch for Liverpool and work on set pieces.
When’s the last time the club has had someone of his size to aim for? Andy Carroll and Christian Benteke, surprisingly, were largely useless on attacking set pieces. Matip scored three goals last season for Schalke in the Bundesliga. The club finally has an adequate target to aim on every attacking dead ball, one that’ll squeeze some more goals in.
The central defender is limber and quick for being 6’4″ and will help stabilize the defense, an upgrade on Kolo Toure and Skrtel.
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