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Jurgen Klopp has decided that Joel Matip will start Liverpool’s Premier League opener against Fulham tomorrow.

That’s according to The Athletic, who claim that Matip is all set to partner Virgil Van Dijk at the heart of the defence for Liverpool.



The Cameroonian was also fantastic last season – even Van Dijk called his performances during the campaign ‘amazing’ via BT Sport.



The Athletic claim that Klopp may call on both Joe Gomez and Nat Phillips during Konate’s injury.



Having fought his way into the French team ahead of the World Cup, this could unfortunately put paid to Konate’s ideas of featuring at the tournament.

The news comes after Ibrahima Konate was confirmed to have suffered a ‘knee injury’ against Strasbourg on Sunday.

Konate will reportedly be miss ‘the opening weeks’ of the season, although no further information has been given.