5 players you would be surprised to know were once at Manchester City

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#1 Loris Karius

Loris Karius
Loris Karius

Yeah, the Loris Karius!

The biggest surprise of the lot, Loris Karius, used to be a Man City youth team player.

Signed from VfB Stuttgart as a 16-year- old in 2009, the Liverpool goalie played for City's youth team for two years.

Much maligned due to his bad performance for the scousers, most notably on the biggest stage of them all, the Champions League final, Karius was then sold to Jurgen Klopp's former side, Mainz 05, from where the all action, fist thumping, compulsive player hugging manager signed him for Liverpool in 2016 for just £4.7 million.

However, on the back of his performance against a rampaging Real Madrid, powered by the talismanic Gareth Bale, a game in which he had suffered a concussion as disclosed after an examination by doctors, Karius was afforded a chance to resurrect his career on loan at Besiktas.

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