Bayern Munich and Liverpool have shared a number of players in recent seasons, with all of Sadio Mane, Thiago Alcantara, Ryan Gravenberch and Luis Diaz turning out for both teams.
They join an illustrious list of players to have represented two of Europe’s most decorated clubs, which also includes the likes of Xabi Alonso, Philippe Coutinho and Dietmar Hamann.
Pepe Reina is another to have worn both shirts, after he joined Bayern as back-up to Manuel Neuer in 2014. 12 years on, and the German champions are reportedly looking to add another former Liverpool goalkeeper to their ranks, with journalist Christian Falk confirming that Loris Karius is on their radar for 2027.
TalkingPointsLiverpool’s signings have all had time to settle in now, but who has been the most impressive and why?dantowen81951Featured commentYeah agree with you on Ekitike.
I’m still not convinced with Isak despite him scoring again. Ekitike I think would get a lot more out of Wirtz and Barcola with his hold up playkilham.maxFeatured commentJacquet for me. This guy is a future superstar.
Definitely going to be one of the great centre backs of this generation.david.comerfordFeatured commentRefreshingly after last summer, they’ve all been at least decent so far. Jacquet and Araujo among our top five players up to now, Munoz looking like a bargain and Barcola showing enough to at least feel encouraged16 comments
Have your say →Bayern Munich may try and sign Loris KariusLiverpool supporters generally do not hold a lot of love for Karius after his infamous performance in the 2018 Champions League final. Although tests showed that the German had potentially been concussed during the game after an elbow from Sergio Ramos, he was clearly at fault for the Reds losing in Kyiv.His display in Ukraine will forever go down as one of the very worst individual performances by a Liverpool player, and that it happened on such a big stage makes it even more glaring.
For years, the goalkeeper struggled to rebuild his career, but since joining Schalke in 2025, Karius has finally been playing regularly once again.
Now 33, he helped them to promotion last season and is currently their starting goalkeeper back in the Bundesliga.Things are not going brilliantly, with Schalke sitting near the bottom of the table, but Falk has claimed that Karius could still end up with Bayern, who are looking at goalkeepers ahead of Neuer’s expected retirement at the end of the season.
“We’ve already talked a lot about this goalkeeper shortlist. There are quite a few names on it, and Loris Karius is indeed on it. So, he’s a name that Bayern find interesting,” the journalist said on a BILD podcast.READ MORE: The feeling inside Liverpool on Alisson and Virgil van Dijk contracts“Although it’s not entirely clear whether he’d actually go. He’s currently number one at Schalke, so that depends a bit on Schalke’s performances. Right now, they’re near the bottom. But I think otherwise he’s quite happy as number one, of course.
“That means they’d first have to convince him to come to Bayern as number two. The second issue is that he would probably cost a transfer fee of a few million, and Bayern don’t really want that.“So, are there any candidates who probably wouldn’t cost a transfer fee? We already mentioned Bernd Leno as a candidate.
Oliver Baumann is actually on there too. I don’t think he’s very high up because of his age, but he’s on there.”Jonas Urbig looks set to take over permanent starting duties from Neuer, but Karius would still likely get the odd game here and there.
Nine years on from his nightmare in Kyiv, that would be quite the comeback story for a player who’s career had felt to be almost over after leaving Liverpool.Loris Karius
HomeNewsHow Jurgen Klopp reacted to rare Florian Wirtz goal vs Crystal PalaceJames BrookeJames BrookeFootball Journalist·Fri 13 November 2026 17:00 GMT+1·3 min readFlorian Wirtz celebrates after scoring for Liverpool in their Premier League match against Crystal Palace at Selhurst ParkPhoto by Steve Bardens – AMA/Getty ImagesAdd to Preferred Sources
Florian Wirtz will hope to continue his good form for Liverpool as he once again links up with Jurgen Klopp during the November international break.Klopp has taken a shine to Wirtz since being appointed as the German national team manager in September, recently revealing that he has regularly been messaging with the Liverpool star over the last month.
Coincidentally, Wirtz has improved since his first encounter with the legendary former Reds boss, and after finally scoring his first Premier League goal of the season against Crystal Palace last Sunday, he has shared that Klopp was straight on the phone to congratulate him.
Talking Points Liverpool’s signings have all had time to settle in now, but who has been the most impressive and why?dantowen81951Featured commentYeah agree with you on Ekitike. I’m still not convinced with Isak despite him scoring again. Ekitike I think would get a lot more out of Wirtz and Barcola with his hold up playkilham.maxFeatured commentJacquet for me. This guy is a future superstar.
Definitely going to be one of the great centre backs of this generation.david.comerfordFeatured commentRefreshingly after last summer, they’ve all been at least decent so far. Jacquet and Araujo among our top five players up to now, Munoz looking like a bargain and Barcola showing enough to at least feel encouraged16 commentsHave your say →Klopp congratulated Wirtz on confidence-boosting goal
Though it came on the end of a lovely team move involving Ronald Araujo and Bradley Barcola, Wirtz’s goal was not completely well received in all areas.Jamie Carragher claimed that Wirtz had been ‘lucky‘ after bobbling the finish from one foot onto the other, with the former Reds defender seemingly unwilling to give the 23-year-old credit for a well-controlled first-time strike.
Klopp clearly felt differently, with Wirtz revealing during a press conference on Thursday that his national team manager had sent him a message after the game.“He congratulated me,” said the Liverpool No. 7.
“I think I played a pretty good game too and I do believe that when you score goals or provide assists as an attacking player it is definitely inspiring and you might be on the pitch with a little more confidence, with a slightly better feeling that it actually works.
“Sometimes there are games where you try everything and you still don’t score or an assist isn’t converted for you, or you just don’t play well and I think that when you’re a bit more involved in the game I believe it’s good for you
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