The Kop chief reserved special praise for the German stopper's influence despite his blunder-filled stint at the club.
Klopp praised Karius for helping bolster the club's defence in a time of real need last season, even though he made two massive clangers in last term's Champions League final defeat.
After watching his old No1 leave, Klopp said: "We said goodbye yesterday. He is really looking forward to it, so that’s good.
"It’s good for him, I really think. Loris is a fantastic goalkeeper at a very good goalkeeper age.
"A lot of people speak now about our improved defence and as good as Alisson was in the last three games, in most of the games when we were already really good in that he was not here.
"It was Loris in goal and he did a lot of good things. When I saw the Besiktas team, it’s quite an experienced team they have there.
"They have a good chance to win the league in Turkey, that’s cool.
"Now they have a really good goalkeeper. I’m really happy for him and he was very happy about the opportunity as well. All good.
"And we have Simon Mignolet here, a wonderful, perfect goalkeeper as well for us. That’s the situation now."
Source: Read Full Article