Newcastle United player offered to Europa League side - set for summer transfer

Newcastle United goalkeeper Loris Karius has reportedly been offered to Serie A side AS Roma.

Karius is openly seeking a move to Italy to be closer to his family and recently hired Italian-based agency Circum with his contract at St James' Park set to expire this summer. With the 30-year-old set to become a free agent at the end of June, Karius' new representatives have offered his services to Roma, according to Corriere dello Sport.

Roma currently sit fifth in Serie A and are under the management of Daniele De Rossi who is a former Italy team-mate of Circum co-founder Claudio Marchisio. They have also reached the quarter-finals of the Europa League and could qualify for the Champions League next season.

Karius joined Newcastle as a free agent in 2022 and has made just two competitive appearances for the club since. His debut came in the 2-0 Carabao Cup final defeat to Manchester United in February 2023 and almost exactly a year later he made his Premier League debut in a 4-1 defeat at Arsenal.

The former Liverpool man has admitted a move to Italy this summer would be 'great'.

“Of course, it would be a great solution if there were good options for me, regardless of proximity to my family,” Karius told Gazzetta dello Sport. “I have always followed Serie A and it intrigues me a lot, but it is too early to talk about the future.

"Claudio [Marchisio] and I are friends, I know him well and I think he is the right person. I want to go back to being number one like I always have been except for the last two years. When I play I do well and I know I have enough quality to perform at the highest levels again.

“When I arrived [at Newcastle], they already had a starting goalkeeper, and it wasn’t easy for me. I definitely aim to play more and that’s why I train hard every day.

“Being a goalkeeper is very difficult, the challenge is to stay positive knowing that you are not playing and to be ready.

“You’re alone in goal, when you score goals, all eyes are on you but when you do something positive no one cares. It’s part of the game, you have to be mentally strong, more than others.”