Liverpool FC have confirmed that Loris Karius’s stay in the club will be finally over after the goalkeeper was confirmed as one of seven players who will leave the club at the of June.
Divock Origi’s exit was also confirmed by the club, and the forward is set to join Italian champions AC Milan in the coming days.
The 28-year-old German goalkeeper had been in Jurgen Klopp’s squad – as the fifth keeper – but has not made a single appearance this term.
The goalkeeper, perhaps most known for his double mistake against Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale in the Champions League final against Real Madrid in 2018, has not played for the Reds since that game.
After that night in Kyiv, Karius has had a tough time in football. The following season he had to move to a lesser league, Turkey, where he at least found the playing time that was denied to him in the Premier League.
The goalkeeper found a home at Besiktas, where he spent two seasons, 2018/19 and 2019/20, making a total of 67 appearances.
Karius did not have a quiet life in Istanbul either, and midway through the first season he reported Besiktas for non-payment of wages.
Friction with the club was a constant during his two-year loan spell.
Former first-team players Ben Woodburn and Sheyi Ojo have also been released, along with three members of the club’s academy.
Woodburn became Liverpool’s youngest goalscorer a title he still holds when he scored in the quarter-finals of the 2016 League Cup against Leeds at the age of 17.
