Liverpool's Premier League retained list has been submitted, confirming the departures of several senior and Academy players this summer
Eight years after agreeing a move to Anfield from Lille, Divock Origi will leave the club when his contract expires at the end of June.
The striker began his Reds career in earnest in 2015 – having remained in France for a season-long loan with Lille – and would go on to be involved in some of the most iconic and important moments in the club’s modern history.
There was Origi’s collection of Merseyside derby goals, six in total, including the 96th-minute Kop-end winner of December 2018 and, fittingly, his final strike for Liverpool to seal victory over Everton in April.
His contributions to Jürgen Klopp’s team’s Champions League triumph in 2019, meanwhile, have a guaranteed place in club legend.
Origi scored twice in the 4-0 semi-final comeback win over Barcelona – completing the historic turnaround from Trent Alexander-Arnold’s unforgettable ‘corner taken quickly’ – and then sealed success in the final versus Tottenham Hotspur with an unerring late finish to make it 2-0 having come off the bench amid the heat of Madrid.
He featured 28 times as the Reds ended a 30-year wait to lift the league title the following season and also toasted glory in the FIFA Club World Cup, UEFA Super Cup, Emirates FA Cup and Carabao Cup in recent years.
In total, Origi scored 41 goals in his 175 appearances for the club.
Karius joined Liverpool from FSV Mainz 05 in the summer of 2016 and went on to play 49 games under Klopp during his first two seasons on Merseyside.
He started every Champions League match in 2017-18 as Klopp’s men surged to the final in Kyiv, though it would end in personal and collective disappointment with a 3-1 defeat by Real Madrid.
The German then spent time on loan with Besiktas and Union Berlin before being part of the Reds’ goalkeeping group at the AXA Training Centre during 2021-22.
Ben Woodburn, Sheyi Ojo, Sean Wilson, Luis Longstaff and Elijah Dixon-Bonner will also depart Anfield upon their contract expiries at the end of this month.
SserunjojiJohnjovan
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Can hear some love from all football users?
❣️ALLFOOTBALL❣️
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I know once AllFootball mentioned Karius name, the next thing that will come to the minds of all the Liverpool fans in this media is those blunders he committed that gifted Madrid the UCL trophy in Kyiv.But in all he is a human and things like that are always associated to the game of football.As for Origi, Liverpool have lost their dying minutes goal scorer 😂. Notably the goal against FCB at Anfield that made it 4-3 when the tie on the night was 3-3 after losing 3-0 at Camp Nou.There was an unexpected closing moments goal he scored against Everton as Pickford misjudged a certain high ball in an epl encounter.All the best for the both of them...YNWA ❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️
Beautifulboy
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Liverpool made us feel they lost that first UCL final to Madrid because of Karius. But this year, we saw that it wasn’t Karius fault. Liverpool just can’t beat Madrid in a UCL final.[Crylaugh] They made Karius apologize and cried for nothing.[Crylaugh]
AlexanderMadrid
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wait ooooo all Football so karius is still a Liverpool player 😂😂 farewell origi BEST GAME CHANGER IN THE WHOLE WORLD 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Diazepam
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no need for any explanation we all know what happened after that one kick 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂
FALANBUMA
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Liverpool fans paying tribute to Karius be like:
Fewabdilor
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Liverpool made us feel they lost that first UCL final to Madrid because of Karius. But this year, we saw that it wasn’t Karius fault. Liverpool just can’t beat Madrid in a UCL final.[Crylaugh] They made Karius apologize and cried for nothing.[Crylaugh]
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that was just an excuse to cover up their incompetence. After the 3-1 victory where Karious was scapegoated, Madrid beat Liverpool 3-1 again in Madrid, drew 1-1 at Anfield in 2021, and beat Liverpool 1-0 in another final in 2022. Karius was not goalkeeper in the last 3 games.