Joel Matip - retired from football

[bald reynard]

Us and Fulham competing with West Ham, being interested in signing Matip, who's out of contract.

 

https://www.londonworld.com/sport/football/west-ham/fulham-and-leicester-city-plot-to-hijack-wonderful-west-ham-free-transfer-4771055

Edited 27 November 2024 by Finnegan

[AKCJ]

Doubt it. We've already got millions of centre halves. I think if we're going to sign a free agent it'll be a left back.

[James_lcfc]

Our CB's are brilliant, he'd never get a game here.

[AjcW]

Our defence

 

[Gazza M]

Would improve us but might spell the end of Conor Coady. Would make the Vestergaard 3 year deal more daft also. Probably just paper talk.

[Sol thewall Bamba]

Do we have squad space? Or would it be dependant or Soumare leaving (he won't). 

[JimJams]

There's a reason he's a free agent and it's nothing to do with his quality. He's an absolute liability in the injury front. 

[coolhandfox]

22 minutes ago, Sol thewall Bamba said:

Do we have squad space? Or would it be dependant or Soumare leaving (he won't). 

We have space, one I think

[coolhandfox]

59 minutes ago, AKCJ said:

Doubt it. We've already got millions of centre halves. I think if we're going to sign a free agent it'll be a left back.

Better than the ones we have. 

[Scotch]

If we are going for any 30+ year old free agent with a questionable injury history, I'd rather Kurzawa. 

[MPH]

At this stage, if we are able to improve our first 11 we should go for it…

[Finnegan]

Would imagine his agent is pretty much throwing out every club's name possible to just whip up a bit of interest. 

 

I doubt we'd add to the squad at CB in the free transfer market without looking elsewhere first. 

 

It wouldn't surprise me if we do add someone to the squad on a free but Matip would be a shock. 

 

[Stadt]

Fits Cooper's mature kink 

[Silebyfox_89]

Wouldn't mind Ma-tip in 

[Torten]

Wouldn’t we only be able to register him in January anyway?

[moore_94]

13 minutes ago, Torten said:

Wouldn’t we only be able to register him in January anyway?

We still have until 13th September to submit our squad

 

So we could still sign someone like Matip available on a free and include them

[FosseSpark]

its not cheating if i just put ma tip in. 

[Old Fox]

He is a quality centre half when fit and would undoubtedly strengthen our squad and probably starts too!

[Tuna]

I'd probably take him but we are overloaded

[Realist Guy In The Room]

Lets be honest.  We’ve gorragerrimin.

[coolhandfox]

24 minutes ago, Tuna said:

I'd probably take him but we are overloaded

Not sure we are, we have Faes, Vestergaard, Caody and Okoli.

 

Loaning out Nelson and Souttar has lighten that area.

[BKLFox]

33yrs old & since joining Liverpool has missed 140 games through injury which is more than the 133 (full lge matches) he's played in the 8 seasons at Liverpool, are people serious about taking him?
 

When 1 of the top 3 Qu's asks when you google him  "Is Matip still injured..." i think that says it all & i'm shocked its not a firm 'steer clear' given the battering other players we have signed or been linked with who were labelled sicknotes!

We would also need to match West Ham's offer of a 2yr deal + probably better wages than we would want to give, pure bloody madness to even think it.

 

Edited 6 September 2024 by BKLFox

[LeePhilpottsBaldSpot]

Good player but we've got enough 30+ year old centre backs.

 

Unless there's a way to shift Vestegaard or Coady to Saudi/Turkey, better to stick with what we've got.

[JimJams]

Ryan Bertrand played far more before joining us on a free, and that move has been subsequently panned by all and sundry because he got an injury that pretty much kept him out for his entire contract, but we weren't signing a particularly injury risky player at the time.  Yet people are ok with going for someone with a massively worse fitness record, who as said, has been injured more than he's been available, who has not played a competitive match in 2024 thanks to a cruciate injury. He's also a year older than Bertrand was. 

Do people just want him so we've got a new sicknote to moan about?

Edited 6 September 2024 by JimJams

[Ashley]

4 hours ago, FosseSpark said:

its not cheating if i just put ma tip in. 

Kitty won't bite, not now she's been fed.