New Schalke goalkeeper Loris Karius has had quite the journey in professional football since breaking through at Mainz. Karius returns with Schalke. Karius is best known for his time with Liverpool, but he actually got a first taste of English football as a year-old, joining the Manchester City academy in The up-and-coming goalkeeper was scouted while playing for the Germany U16s, later explaining to TransferMarkt that he felt like "half of the English Premier League" was interested in signing him at the time.
But then I made a decision that I wanted to play first-team football regularly, and it was quite difficult for a young player, especially as a goalkeeper, so I thought I'd have to take a little step back to a smaller club. Karius remained in Manchester for two years before returning to Germany with Mainz in Though he never made a senior appearance for the club, it remains a key period in his early development. But at 18 I was still young, it was up and down.
When I got the chance one day, I was able to take it. Tuchel had already handed Karius his Bundesliga debut following another Wetklo dismissal on 1 December β a date he bears on his body in the form of a tattoo β but this time the current Paris Saint-Germain boss decided to give the year-old a proper shot.
Mainz beat Frankfurt , and Karius started the remaining 22 games of the season, keeping nine clean sheets as the 05ers achieved an impressive seventh-place finish. Tuchel left at the end of that season, but Karius remained Mainz's No. Karius joined Liverpool in summer after being snapped up by Klopp, who had previously spent seven memorable seasons as Mainz coach Although he inherited the No. It's not a problem for me. It happens, that's life. But judging him in this moment makes absolutely no sense, because we have a long-term project, even with our goalkeepers.
Though Mignolet began the Premier League season between the sticks, Karius impressed in the group stages of the Champions League, keeping clean sheets in big wins over Maribor and Spartak Moscow.
