Overview
- Karius told Funke Mediengruppe that he felt empty after Liverpool’s 3-1 defeat to Real Madrid and that he even considered ending his career at 25.
- He acknowledged the two high-profile mistakes in the 2018 final that led to goals and referenced Jürgen Klopp’s post-match comment that a concussion had affected his performance.
- After leaving Liverpool he had loan spells at Beşiktaş and Union Berlin, a brief stint with Newcastle and a period without a club before Schalke signed him in January 2025.
- Karius helped Schalke win promotion back to the Bundesliga and press reports credit him with 13 clean sheets in 30 matches during the promotion season, a rebound he says restored his enjoyment of football.
- He says early counselling did not help him, that he largely pulled himself out of the low over several years, and that his public account and his wife’s praise have highlighted the personal toll of the episode and the value of speaking about mental health.