Cologne goalkeeper Timo Horn reveals he rejected Liverpool as a youngster because Germany offers ‘better education for goalkeepers’
Bundesliga side prepare to face Arsenal in opening Europa League match and 24-year-old has no regrets over Anfield snub
COLOGNE goalkeeper Timo Horn reveals he rejected the chance to join Liverpool as a youngster because Germany offers a better "goalkeeping education" than England.
The 24-year-old is preparing to face Arsenal in the opening group game of the Europa League — but could have been playing against them every season had he made a different choice.
However, he insists he has no regrets about the Anfield snub.
Horn told : “At the age of 15 or 16, Liverpool were very interested in me.
"But I didn’t go there because I felt the goalkeeping schooling in Germany was much better and I had enough examples.
"For instance, Ron-Robert Zieler who came back after a year [at Leicester], and that’s why I stayed in Cologne.
“In principle, the thought of moving to England is appealing but it’s not something I’m thinking about right now.
“I can’t rule it out completely. I often had chances and offers to move to England as a youth player, but in my opinion the best goalkeeping education is here in Germany which is why I’ve always stayed.
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"It definitely wasn’t the wrong decision.”
Horn is the latest in a long line of top class German goalkeepers to come out of the pipeline.
Manuel Neuer is the national side's undisputed No 1, but Barcelona's Marc-Andre ter Stegen continues to make his case — as does Bernd Leno at Bayer Leverkusen.
