With the domestic season in England barely over, Liverpool are one club who are looking to sort out their transfer business as early as possible, recognising the need for improvements throughout the squad should they wish to fulfil the ambitions of the fans and Jurgen Klopp himself in 2016/17. The first addition of the summer has come in the form of Loris Karius from Mainz, a promising young goalkeeper who is very much in the mould of a typical Klopp signing.

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Karius signed on the dotted line at Melwood today for a reported £4.7 million after completing a medical on Monday. At 22-years-old, there may be some understandable reservations surrounding a lack of prolonged experience at the top level, but if the last Premier League campaign has taught us anything, it is that stars can emerge from anywhere, regardless of their background.

The former Mainz shot-stopper is expected to put up a serious challenge to Simon Mignolet’s starting jersey at Anfield, with the Belgian struggling to attain regularly high standards of performance since his move from Sunderland. A commanding presence, calmness in the face of an aerial challenge, accurate distribution, and ability with the ball on the floor is what has been lacking most in Mignolet’s game, and Liverpool fans will be hoping that Karius can be the man to bring all of these traits to The Reds’ first team, notably taking on the number one shirt within the playing squad.

Standing at over 6ft 2in tall, the new Liverpool ‘keeper should be an upgrade on Simon Mignolet and at the same time, allow Danny Ward to go out on loan and gain first-team minutes. With the towering Joel Matip already having been drafted in at centre-half for Liverpool, a focus on aerial solidity is clearly high on Jurgen Klopp’s list of areas to address this summer. Of course, it remains to be seen if Karius can cope with the lime-light and live up to the expectation.

Jurgen Klopp has already expressed his delight at the acquisition of the promising youngster, who has recently been named by his peers as the second best goalkeeper in the Bundesliga, behind only Manuel Neuer.

“I am really pleased that we were able to move so quickly to get him and that Loris has shown such a desire to come to Liverpool with a lot of other clubs interested in him.

“I know he will add to the quality we have in this position and I look forward to working with him and all our players when we return for pre-season.”

This is how Twitter reacted to the news…

Karius is a brilliant signing for Liverpool. Young and already very experienced. #LFC — Matt Lynch (@mattlyynch) May 24, 2016

Finally a transfer that's worth getting buzzed about, it's been at least a few years pic.twitter.com/XlCVGT4RTH — CRESSY (@Cressy_1999) May 24, 2016

But back to LFC, so happy to have Karius in the squad. I've only heard and seen clips of him, but i'm confident he'll flourish under Klopp. — Mile High Kop (@milehighkop) May 24, 2016

Can't believe we have got Karius, so happy!! Genuinely believe he can be Liverpool's goalkeeper for years to come, class act. — Nathan (@LeopardDzeko) May 24, 2016

The majority of Reds supporters expect Karius to be Klopp’s first choice next season…

Karius takes #1 jersey at #LFC. Clock now ticking for Mignolet. On his day though, still able to be one of the best. pic.twitter.com/orJ36njDrA — Danny Gallagher (@Danny7Gallagher) May 24, 2016

https://twitter.com/globoygleesh/status/735154059779448832

https://twitter.com/_rebeccarose17/status/735145742646546432

The Anfield faithful were also delighted by the reported transfer fee…

Even if Karius doesn't turn out to be as good as people say 4.7 million is an absolute bargain and could easily be recouped #LFC — Klopp to the top (@Istancredibul) May 24, 2016

https://twitter.com/KloppsKopDream/status/735161742083260416

3 signings now confirmed before June.

1: Joel Matip

2: Loris Karius

3: Marko Grujic

All three combined cost LFC 9.8 million#LFC #YNWA — CB (@MainManFirmino) May 24, 2016

Some quoted the stats…

https://twitter.com/BobbyFirminoo/status/735163870508163072

Simon Mignolet has committed the most errors that led to a goal (8) in last 3 Premier League seasons. Goalkeeping investment was essential. — Ben McAleer (@BenMcAleer1) May 24, 2016

No U23 goalkeeper has made more saves in Europe’s top 5 leagues this season than Karius (122) [WhoScored] — The Anfield Talk (@TheAnfieldTalk) May 24, 2016

Some made jokes…

Just had to Google Loris Karius. 123 career appearances, not a single goal or single assist. We've signed another Lallana here lads. #LFC — SinbadBrookie (@SinbadBrookie) May 24, 2016

https://twitter.com/Billie_T/status/735144739071262720

Others were less interested in his footballing ability…

What I will say about Loris Karius is thus – he's a bloody handsome chap — Ben McAleer (@BenMcAleer1) May 24, 2016

Nivea must be happy with our new signing. He's beautiful pic.twitter.com/bjX3Ai70MM — The Anfield Talk (@TheAnfieldTalk) May 24, 2016

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