Loris Karius leaves Livepool to join Besiktas on two-year loan deal after signing contract extension at Anfield

Official | Karius joins Besiktas on loan
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David Lynch25 August 2018

Besiktas have completed the signing of Loris Karius from Liverpool on a two-year loan deal.

The Turkish club will pay an initial loan fee of £2.25m and are obligated to make the switch permanent by paying a further £7.25m in the event of criteria relating to appearances and qualification for European competition being met.

Liverpool have protected themselves against the possibility of missing out on a fee for Karius should he fail to make sufficient appearances in Turkey, insisting he sign a new deal before sanctioning the transfer.

The contract the German agreed following his 2016 move from Mainz would have expired in two summers' time, but he has now penned a new one-year extension with an option for a second.

The Reds have also inserted a 20% sell-on clause in the deal.

Coincidentally, Besitkas' search for a new No.1 was kickstarted by the uncertain future of Karius' Anfield team-mate Simon Mignolet.

After the Belgian failed to agree personal terms with Fulham earlier this summer, the west London club moved to bring in Fabri as an alternative.

Besiktas subsequently enquired about Mignolet but, with the Reds only prepared to sanction a permanent deal for the 30-year-old, talks began over Karius.

With Mignolet's hopes of a transfer now fading, Liverpool are hopeful that the player's professionalism and experience will make him an ideal understudy to summer signing Alisson Becker in the immediate future at least.

The Belgium international had attracted interest from Napoli but no firm bids were lodged before the Italian club ultimately signed David Ospina on loan from Arsenal.

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