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Matip Top! Stones and Bailly highlight Liverpool's shrewdest swoop of the summer

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The defender's move to Merseyside has been one of the best bits of business of the year, and as per the Reds boss, you could put a sizeable figure on his quality.

At the Four Seasons Hotel in East Palo Alto during preseason, Jurgen Klopp cusped his palm under his chin, stretched his smile some distance, and declared Liverpool had saved millions when the club recruited Joel Matip from Schalke.

If the starting point is 30 million pounds ($37M) for Eric Bailly — stuttering for Manchester United — climbing up to the £47.5 million ($58M) fee the erring John Stones commanded this summer, the Reds have practically printed money — and wads of it, by bringing the Cameroon international in on a free transfer.