West Ham are weighing up a move for Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius this summer, according to reports in the Belgian media.
The 26-year-old is currently on loan at Besiktas but he won’t be joining the Turkish club on a permanent basis and will return to Merseyside at the end of the season.
Karius will reportedly be made available for £4.5m, with the Hammers, Anderlecht and Sporting Lisbon all said to be keen on snapping up the keeper. Supporters on Twitter are very much against the move for the German:
Confidence has totally gone. Will never get back to previous form another Joe Hart
— Adam #GSBout (@adambrown93) March 27, 2020
Not sure how this clown is an improvement on either Randolph or Martin for backup and he certainly ain’t gonna challenge Fabianski for the starting spot
— Dave Franklin (@david_franklin8) March 27, 2020
No thanks
— Alex Bicknell (@AlexBicknell89) March 27, 2020
Better not!!!! Seriously @WestHam you are doing some serious things to convince me NOT to renew next season (if it ever happens lol)
— Laura Nagle (@LauraNagle85) March 27, 2020
Don’t need him. We have 3 good gks plus we have trott and anang in the u23.. best off in investing these 2 young goalies rather than sign a gk whose confidence is shot
— mark speller (@supersonic_mark) March 27, 2020
Fabianski and Randolph are both better than him ⚒️
— Peter Heritage (@peterheritage11) March 27, 2020
Plz tell me it’s fake news
— Yahya Mohamed ???? (@yahya_yahyam) March 27, 2020
This is a joke right ?
— Matt hones (@Matthones1) March 27, 2020
laughing stock fc ?
— Stephen George Lott (@stephenlott) March 27, 2020
Karius made some very high profile errors for Liverpool during his time at Anfield, most notably in the 2018 Champions League final, but he has also made a series of mistakes during his time at Besiktas.
You would have thought that West Ham’s recent experience with Roberto would have put them off bringing in a cut-price keeper, but we shall have to wait and see if there is any substance to this rumour.
