Liverpool Transfer News: Loris Karius Hints at Exit After Alisson Purchase

Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius has hinted he could depart Anfield in the current transfer window after the Reds spent £65 million on Roma's Alisson to become their new No. 1. 

According to John Percy of the Telegraph, the German stopper is "bitterly disappointed" manager Jurgen Klopp has brought in Alisson and was non-committal about his Liverpool future after their 3-1 pre-season defeat to Borussia Dortmund on Sunday: "Of course that's not perfect for me, but I cannot say much more about that either. I do not know that, I cannot say what I'm doing right now, there's still some time left [in the transfer window]."

Karius, 25, has never been the most reliable of goalkeepers and made two huge mistakes in Liverpool's 3-1 UEFA Champions League final defeat to Real Madrid back in May.

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Despite that, it was initially reported he would remain as Liverpool's No. 1 going into the new season as the Merseyside club had reportedly been priced out of the market in their pursuits of Alisson and Atletico Madrid's Jan Oblak, per the Mirror's David Maddock.

In pre-season, though, Karius' confidence has looked shot. 

He made a key blunder as Liverpool scraped to a a 3-2 win against League Two side Tranmere Rovers earlier this month, and he was poor again against Dortmund, per the Liverpool Echo's James Pearce:

Karius can feel hard done by about effectively having his No. 1 spot immediately taken away from him following Alisson's arrival.

But the Brazil international is a much more convincing presence in between the posts and Liverpool need a consistent goalkeeper if they are to have any chance of winning the Premier League. 

Karius could also benefit from moving out of the intense spotlight he is under at a club as big as Liverpool, where any weakness can be brutally exposed in the Premier League.