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Liverpool fans will be hoping that the links between the club and Bayern Munich gem Jamal Musiala remain strong after Lothar Matthaus labelled the midfielder ‘the Messi of the future’.

The teenager came to Germany’s rescue in Qatar with the crucial assist for Niclas Fullkrug’s equaliser against Spain to keep their World Cup hopes ticking over.



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He has great passing, he is clever with his thinking and he loves football.

It very much remains to be seen whether Musiala will seek pastures new after the World Cup; if the reporter’s comments are anything to go by, he’ll be in no hurry to do so.

“Musiala can be the next Messi because when Messi was 17, 18 years old, I met him for the first time when he played against Hungary [the team Matthaus managed then] and he got sent off after 40 seconds.