Today Liverpool have announced the signing of Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Emre Can for £10m. Can is a versatile defensive midfielder who can also play left back.
Can becomes Liverpool's 3rd signing of the summer following Rickie Lamlert and Adam Lallana.
Upon signing for Liverpool Can spoke of his grattitude toward Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers who took an integral role during negotiations: "I want to thank the manager for trusting me and allowing me to play here.
I am proud to be a part of the family and I am looking forward to playing here. I will give it my best. it was an easy decision for me to sign with Liverpool as I had a very good chat with the manager, which clearly showed that the club and he wanted to sign".
Brendan Rodgers meanwhile spoke of his excitement he has to work with the German U21 international:
"Emre is an exciting young talent and I'm delighted he's chosen Liverpool for the next phase of his development and growth as a player," Rodgers told Liverpoolfc.com.
"He has recognised that we are a club that improves and nurtures exciting, ambitious players and I'm looking forward to seeing him take those next steps forward for us."
It is expected Can will be an understudy to Liverpool’s captain Steven Gerrard.
