Liverpool have confirmed Joel Matip will leave the club at the end of the 2023/24 season.
A club statement reads: "Joel will bid farewell to the Reds this summer after an eight-season spell during which he helped the club to some of its most memorable modern moments."
Matip was a loyal servant of the club under Jurgen Klopp in those eight years with the outgoing gaffer labelling the Cameroonian 'a wonderful human being'.
"In all the years that I have been involved in football, I am not sure I have come across too many players who are more loved than Joel. I'm not even sure it would be possible to say anything bad about him," the German said.
"A wonderful professional, a wonderful footballer and a wonderful human being — we have been blessed to have him with us for as long as we have and now all we can do is wish him well as he heads off in a new direction.
"Joel's qualities as a player are there for all to see and as a club we have benefited from them since the first moment that he joined. I don't think he has had too many headlines over the years but he has only ever been a very famous figure within our group.
"I have said before that if there was one person who wouldn't care if he was underrated it would be Joel, but the truth is we could not have rated him more highly. Not only has he set the standards for himself, he has set them for others and this is one of the main reasons why his time here has been so successful," Klopp added.
Matip has won seven trophies at Liverpool: Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup, Super Cup, Community Shield and two League Cups.
The 32-year-old centre-back featured has featured 201 times for Liverpool across all competitions, scored 11 goals.
"Thank you for everything, Joel ❤️," the statement concluded.
