Joel Matip has hinted he would like to extend his contract to stay at Liverpool for the remainder of his career, insisting "you just don't walk away" from Anfield.
The long-serving centre-back is now into his eighth season with the Reds after becoming one of Jurgen Klopp's first signings
Matip, whose most recent deal was signed in October 2019, is now into the final year of his deal
He could join a string of players to leave the club as a free agent under Klopp in recent years
in an interview with Sky Germany, the defender admits he would like to extend his terms.
Matip
"Of course, Schalke was my youth club - as a Schalke fan it was an absolute honour to play there. I had the opportunity to do that for a long time and here in Liverpool, with these absolute top conditions, you don't just walk away
"In addition, I also feel incredibly comfortable here in my private life. I think it's desirable not to change clubs all the time. But everyone has to decide for themselves. In any case, I find consistency helpful.
"I'm at an age where I don't think so much about the future anymore. I try to make the most of every day and don't look too far ahead. If it was only these two clubs in the end, I would be perfectly happy. But in football, you never know exactly.
"We are still at the beginning of the season. Of course, we are glad that the results are right. The quality that the new players have brought directly into the team is impressive. Now we are trying to work together to ensure that we can be successful in the long run.
"There is always a lot of investment in the Premier League - so you can't make any predictions. But we also have enormous quality and give everything in every game.
"You never know what the end result will be. For now, we're just looking at ourselves and trying to win every game. If this succeeds often, the season should have a successful ending."
Matip added:
"We play in every competition to get to the final. There is still a long way to go, Linz is the first step. With the quality we have in the squad, I'm confident that we can be successful.
"We also want to win all our games in the Europa League - we want to start in Linz. This is not played with half a cheek, but with 100%.
"Of course, we have a lot of games that we try to spread over all legs and go to Linz to take three points. If we are sleepy, we will be punished."
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