🚨🔵 EXCL | Schalke 04 seriously considering to sign Loris Karius as a free agent! Via @Sky_Dirk 🤝 Advanced talks are underway. The 31-year-old former Liverpool goalkeeper is set to become Schalke’s new number 2 should Ron-Thorben Hoffmann move to Braunschweig on loan.… pic.twitter.com/LE7lKujAQQ

Former Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius is set to undergo a medical with German side Schalke 04 after considering retirement. The 31-year-old has been without a club since leaving Newcastle United in 2024.

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Schalke 04 have signed Loris Karius on a contract running until the end of the current season. The 31-year-old shot-stopper previously played for Liverpool, FSV Mainz 05, Besiktas, FC Union Berlin and Newcastle United. Schalke moved to secure Karius following the loan of Ron-Thorben Hoffmann to Eintracht Braunschweig.

Former Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius is set for a fresh start at Schalke, a club battling its own challenges in Germany's second division. Karius remains most remembered for his pivotal errors in the 2018 Champions League final against Real Madrid ...

The 31-year-old admitted in November that he was considering hanging up his gloves after failing to find the right club. As a free agent, he had plenty of offers, including in Saudi Arabia, but wanted to remain close to his Italian TV presenter wife Diletta Leotta and their daughter Aria.

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His contract at Newcastle wasn’t renewed at the end of the 2023-24 season with the goalkeeper eyeing a move to Italy in order to be closer to his family. A move to Italy did not materialise but he has now returned to his native Germany to sign a short-term deal with Bundesliga 2 side Schalke 04.

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