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Liverpool target Joel Matip offered contract
LIVERPOOL have been handed a blow in their pursuit of Schalke's Joel Matip, according to reports.
Schalke have reportedly offered Joel Matip a new contract
Matip is out of contract at the end of this season and Express Sport understands that Liverpool want to bring him to Anfield in the summer.
And the Cameroonian international has stood firm over his desire to play his trade elsewhere next season.
But German news outlet Sport1 claim the Bundesliga side are offering Matip a new double-your-money deal, which could end the Reds hopes of signing the 24-year-old.