Liverpool has a new goalkeeper to welcome this afternoon.
The club has confirmed that Jurgen Klopp has put some pressure on Simon Mignolet with the signing of Loris Karius from Mainz.
A message to you from new signing Loris Karius… #KariusLFChttps://t.co/b5nEf1vYFh
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) May 24, 2016
The 22-year-old has signed for a fee understood to be just under £5million, and the former Manchester City academy product has gone for an ambitious squad number.
Hopefully number one keeper to match the shirt number #lfc #Karius pic.twitter.com/VI3BwIrWRj
— LFCZA 🇿🇦 (@LFCZA) May 24, 2016
Simon Mignolet is not expected to lose his position yet as the club’s established first choice netminder, but Karius is following in some interesting footsteps by taking up the famous number one jersey.
Not since Jerzy Dudek has Liverpool had a player wear the number one jersey who has come anywhere close to being the first name on the team-sheet.
And when you see who has worn it for the Reds in the last 10 years, it’s no surprise.
Might be wise not to read TOO much into fact Karius has opted for the number 1 shirt. Last person to wear it was Brad Jones…
— Chris Bascombe (@_ChrisBascombe) May 24, 2016
… and before Brad it was Diego Cavalieri…
— Chris Bascombe (@_ChrisBascombe) May 24, 2016
… in fact, last person to wear Liverpool's number 1 who was actually Liverpool's number 1 was Jerzy Dudek in 2004/5. Up to you Loris…
— Chris Bascombe (@_ChrisBascombe) May 24, 2016
Good luck, you may need it, despite your good looks.
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