The defender has returned to training after missing the defeat at Bournemouth with an ankle injury, and is expected to return to Jürgen Klopp’s squad for Sunday’s Anfield clash against the struggling Hammers.
Matip flew to Barcelona with his teammates on Sunday for a two-day team bonding trip, and joined in with a training session at their Spanish camp in Saint-Cugat on Tuesday, under the close eye of fitness coach Andreas Kornmayer.
The news will come as a huge boost to Klopp. In the Cameroonian’s absence Liverpool looked decidedly shaky defensively, shipping four second-half goals to a Bournemouth side that had looked dead and buried at 2-0 and 3-1 down.