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Cameroon boss Hugo Broos is hoping to convince Liverpool defender Joel Matip to end his international exile.

The former Schalke centre-back hasn’t played for the Indomitable Lions since 2015 and is committed to staying with the Reds rather than taking part in next month’s Africa Cup of Nations in Gabon.

However, Broos intends to hold talks with Matip about a potential return to the Cameroon fold.

“When I took over as coach I went to see him in Gelsenkirchen and ask him to return to the team,” Broos told Belgium’s Voetbal Magazine.

“But he said to me ‘nothing is organised properly in Cameroon’.

“I asked him to give me a chance to prove that we could do it better but he was not convinced.

“But in the meantime I’ve heard that he is now prepared to make a comeback and so I am going to go and see him again.”

Matip returned to training with Liverpool on Tuesday after missing Sunday’s 4-3 defeat to Bournemouth with an ankle injury. The defender is set to return to Jurgen Klopp’s side for Sunday’s visit of West Ham.