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Thiago Alcantara will join Joel Matip out the revolving door at Liverpool after the club confirmed the Spain international will become a free agent this summer.

The midfielder joined from Bayern Munich in 2020 and played 98 competitive games for the lion’s share of which came in his first two seasons.

Thiago Alcantara to get Liverpool release after injury hell

Thiago helped side lift the FA Cup and reach the Champions League final in 2022, but was increasingly injury-hit in his latter days at Anfield. Thiago made just four outings from the bench after February last season and missed the start of the current campaign with a recurrent hip issue.

It had been hoped that Thiago might be able to play a part in the second half of the season after coming off the be…