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Liverpool target set for showdown talks with club bosses
SCHALKE general manager Horst Heldt has confirmed the German club are hoping to agree a deal to keep Liverpool target Joel Matip.
Schalke are hoping to hold talks with Joel Matip
The 24-year-old Cameroon centre-back is out of contract at the end of this season and Express Sport understands that Liverpool want to bring him to Anfield.
Sky Germany reported that Liverpool have tabled a bid to sign Matip, who’s been an ever present for Schalke in the Bundesliga.
However, Schalke chairman Clemes Tonnies dismissed claims that Liverpool could sign Matip this month, telling German website Sport 1 that it’s ‘a hoax’.”