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Joel Matip has revealed his inntermost thoughts about his Liverpool team-mates – hailing the duo of Daniel Sturridge and Philippe Coutinho as Anfield’s most talented.

The Reds defender has enjoyed a strong debut season since moving from Schalke on a free in the summer, with his absences through injury and FIFA red tape felt heavily.

He is now fit and available once more, with the 25-year-old expected to head over to La Manga for the club’s mid-season training camp with the rest of the squad.

And in a tell-all interview, the Bochum-born star has spoken of his best friends on Merseyside, as well as the best tackler, best passer and worst dresser.

Special praise is reserved for Coutinho and Sturridge, however, who he labels ‘amazing’.

Here are his full answers from the chat with Dugout.

Best friend? “I have no special mate but I think the language always helps.

“Dejan (Lovren), Loris (Karius), Emre (Can), Ragnar (Klavan).

“I always come and speak to them, I try to improve my language, it will be better if people understand me but sometimes I’m not so sure.”

Funniest? “Dejan. He always has a funny joke or something like this, you can always laugh with him.

Most talented? “Daniel (Sturridge) and Coutinho. If you see them with the ball you don’t have to say something, everybody knows they’re amazing.

Best hair? “I think Alberto (Moreno) speaks for itself. Always special. This one day he came with his blonde hair and I was like whoa.

Worst hair? “It’s going to be hard. Also Alberto!”

Hardest player? “There’s a lot of hard players but also Dejan.”

The fittest? “Kev Stewart. I don’t know where he gets the power but he can run the whole time and I think he’ll never stop.”

Most likely to become TV pundit? “Henderson.”

Best passer? “Gini and Henderson.”

Best tackler? “Back to Dejan.”

Worst dresser? “Roberto Firmino and Alberto.”

Longest in front of the mirror? “I often see Loris in front of the mirror.”