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Joel Matip still an undervalued commodity despite rising status at Liverpool


It was a sign of the trust Jurgen Klopp has in Joel Matip that the Liverpool defender was handed a new five-year deal at Anfield last week.

Matip, at 28, put pen to paper on a long-term deal until 2023 after a standout 10 months where he has made himself Virgil van Dijk’s first choice partner at the heart of the European champions’ defence.

Rewind 12 months ago and Matip was, for all intents and purposes, fourth choice.

Klopp was placing his faith in Joe Gomez – and the England international was impressing – with Dejan Lovren also ahead of the ex-Schalke man in the pecking order.

But ever since a mixture of injury and a loss of form offered Matip a way into the starting XI, he hasn’t looked back.

Matip is thriving at Anfield under Jurgen Klopp

He played a major role in the club’s Premier League title last term and their Champions League success.

So far this season he has barely put a foot wrong, leaving Klopp to label him “world class”.

“As the team has evolved and become better, so too has Joel,” said Klopp. “I said earlier this year that signing a player of his quality is one of the best, incredible pieces of business we’ve done since I started here – and I think now that’s something everyone can see.”

Yet, is it something that everyone can indeed see? Because while Van Dijk, the UEFA player of the year and FIFA The Best runner up, is widely lauded, Matip is still perhaps somewhat overlooked in some quarters.

Perhaps nowhere is that more prevalent than with Football Index, the world’s first football stock market where you can Buy and Sell footballers with real money.

Van Dijk takes most of the plaudits, but Matip has been superb so far this term

At present, Matip is ranked No.505 of all players overall, available at a buying price of just £0.64. Twelve months ago, that number was just £0.45.

Thus, there has been a considerable rise, but that rise has only really occurred since Liverpool reached the final of Europe’s premier club competition back in May; he was valued at £0.45 then still, before really taking his game up a level.

It’s at that level where he has continued since, and he has been a steady riser since the start of this season.

So, how does Football Index work?

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