Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool were thrown out of the League Cup earlier this week as a spirited Southampton side managed to beat the Reds at Anfield in the second leg of the semi-final of the competition. Joel Matip was the only outfield player on the night in the Reds squad that was a Klopp signing and with the team losing some ground at the top of the table, the manager might get tempted to get in a couple of first team stars to the club at the end of the season. This might see the manager let a few players from the club leave and one such player who is now extensively linked with an exit is the defensive midfielder Emre Can.
Having played more than 100 games for Liverpool already, Can is a senior member of the squad but has been far from impressive this season. Italian giants Juventus had scouts watching over him recently and are ready to pounce on him in the summer and here are three reasons why Jurgen Klopp should let him go and look for other options:
His contract:
The German midfielder joined the club on a 4-year deal a couple of years ago and will enter the final year of his contract next season. He has been offered a new one at the start of the season but Can is yet to put pen to paper and Liverpool might risk losing him on for free if Can decides not to extend his contract before the end of the current season. At his age, he is still an attractive player and can help Liverpool in the long term but if Klopp wants to add another midfielder, he cannot risk losing Can on free and should sell him this summer rather than persuade him to sign a new deal soon.