Poor Loris Karius was the main loser of the famous Champions League final against Real Madrid and possibly the whole of 2018 in European football. On that unfortunate evening in Kiev, he gifted Benzema a goal by throwing the ball at his feet and then failing to take Bale’s main shot. His match with Real Madrid ruined his career – after that he did not play a minute for Liverpool.
On the eve of the fight between Liverpool and Madrid in the next Champions League final, we recall how the fate of Karius was and tell where he is now.
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You may be surprised but 4 years later Karius is still at Liverpool. He trains with the first team and seems to be focusing on the gym. Now Loris is a real machine. Although not on the football field, it has not been implemented even once this season.
Karius had a hard time after that final. Loris was threatened with the murder of his girlfriend, and the boys wanted to “die of cancer.” In such a situation it makes sense for the Germans to find a new club – they were sent to Beşiktaş and Liverpool closed the position of goalkeeper for many years by signing Alisson.
Karius played in Turkey on loan for two seasons. He continued to mow, although he still helped out from time to time. But the story with Beşiktaş ended ugly. At the end of the 2019/20 season, the club owed the goalkeeper €1.6 million. Karius did not participate in the installment plan and unilaterally terminated the contract.
Loris spent the next season in the Bundesliga. True, he played only 5 matches for Union, conceded 4 goals and returned to Liverpool. The English club are already itching to sell the goalkeeper, so they are just trying to arrange a loan until the contract expires in the summer of 2022. They tried to sell Karius to Stuttgart or to Basel, but he refused – these clubs could not take his castle. current salary.
It’s funny, but since that final at Real Madrid, Karius’ salary has only increased. Then he got 3.8 million euros per season, now more than four. It’s all about the contract that provides an increase in the player’s salary as a loyalty bonus. It’s clear why Karius is in no rush to leave Liverpool – with his past he’s never going to get this much money anywhere.
Karius is currently training at Liverpool but has not even been drafted this season. “Our number one is Alisson, number two Kelleher, number three Adrian and number four Marcelo Pitaluga. We have four goalkeepers and we never found ourselves in a situation where we would have to use fifth,” Klopp replied when asked about Loris’ role in the team in January 2022.
There is no conflict between the goalkeeper and the coach. Karius calls Klopp the best in the world and in response talks about the player’s professional work in training, assuring that his career will go uphill after Liverpool.
Karius’ current position is somewhat reminiscent of Alexander Kokorin’s story in Fiorentina. The club clearly does not trust him, but there is no point in leaving either – the terms of the contract are too sweet. True, unlike Kokorin, Karius seriously added muscles.
Perhaps Loris was inspired by the story of another German goalkeeper, Tim Wiese. At the end of his career, he also became interested in the rocking chair and started wrestling after quitting football. Working scheme.
Why don’t you try? Anyway, he will have to watch the 2022 Champions League final from the bench like any other Liverpool game.
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