Emre Can

[SB]

He's had a slow/stop/start to his career at Lfc ....but he's showed how good he is when he starts in the right position.....He'll get his new contract now

Well he was played as a RB by Brendo for a bit

I hope he does get the contract sorted before too long as it will send out a good message to potential signings once we qualify for the CL.

[frank the tank]

Brendan will be on talksport soon telling people that he is a beautiful man and that he found him.........also when he tries to sign somebody, he can show him the contacts on his phone........"look, there is Emre Can"

[gratziani]

Brendan will be on talksport soon telling people that he is a beautiful man and that he found him.........also when he tries to sign somebody, he can show him the contacts on his phone........"look, there is Emre Can"

Beautiful human being who I played at right back

[Cormack74]

I reckon he'll have a huge 17/18. He's the next Paul Breitner, mark my words!

You must be older than I thought

I know PB finished up in midfield but IIRC he played most of his career (and certainly internationally) as a left back. Terrific player though from what I can recall - which isn't much TBH.

[Kenneth]

I remember thinking he was crap at the time, but I was a kid.

[Kenneth]

Well he was played as a RB by Brendo for a bit

I hope he does get the contract sorted before too long as it will send out a good message to potential signings once we qualify for the CL.

It probably hasn't done him any harm in the long run.

[SB]

It probably hasn't done him any harm in the long run.

I agree but Benders comment was he had a slow start to his Liverpool career & that's the reason why imo. Injuries & playing out of position has that affect.

[Mark79]

Well he was played as a RB by Brendo for a bit

I hope he does get the contract sorted before too long as it will send out a good message to potential signings once we qualify for the CL.

Was he? He played right CB in a back 3 for a while and was well suited to it.

Still prefer him as a midfielder though, but his poor spells have been more down to injury and being in and out of the team than his time in defence.

[Doc_Piptorious]

I agree but Benders comment was he had a slow start to his Liverpool career & that's the reason why imo. Injuries & playing out of position has that affect.

To be fair to Rogers, Can had been used as a RB before coming to Liverpool so it was not exactly an alien position to him. Is a position I hate seeing him playing in, but he had played at both RB and CB for Leverkusen, as well as in CM and DM roles, the season before joining us and he has played RB for the German national team as well.

[SB]

Was he? He played right CB in a back 3 for a while and was well suited to it.

Still prefer him as a midfielder though, but his poor spells have been more down to injury and being in and out of the team than his time in defence.

Yes he was & it's possible that Rodgers chopped & changed to a back 3.

[SB]

To be fair to Rogers, Can had been used as a RB before coming to Liverpool so it was not exactly an alien position to him. Is a position I hate seeing him playing in, but he had played at both RB and CB for Leverkusen, as well as in CM and DM roles, the season before joining us and he has played RB for the German national team as well.

Not alien but not ideal for a player coming to a new club, new country etc to play in a position that's not his best. And didn't Can get picked for Germany at RB after Brendo played him there for us?

[frank the tank]

.......beautiful..................

[Doc_Piptorious]

Not alien but not ideal for a player coming to a new club, new country etc to play in a position that's not his best. And didn't Can get picked for Germany at RB after Brendo played him there for us?

Think you are right on that, although he did play there at underage level too.


I hate seeing him at RB as I think he is very cumbersome in that role and it is a positions that plays to his weaknesses in a big way, but given that Can was being lauded for his play in defensive roles during that season at Leverkusen I don't think Rodgers was wrong to try and see if he could do it in the EPL.


Regardless I do hope we never see Can at RB again.

[Mark79]

Yes he was & it's possible that Rodgers chopped & changed to a back 3.

Oh, I'm talking about the period in Rodgers last full season when he played a back 3 for a while, with Can as RCB. I've completely forgotten him playing RB tbh.

[Corndog]

Think you are right on that, although he did play there at underage level too.


I hate seeing him at RB as I think he is very cumbersome in that role and it is a positions that plays to his weaknesses in a big way, but given that Can was being lauded for his play in defensive roles during that season at Leverkusen I don't think Rodgers was wrong to try and see if he could do it in the EPL.


Regardless I do hope we never see Can at RB again.

At Bayern in the youth team and for German U21 he was a central mid. That's always been his first position. He played as a utility player in many positions at Leverkusen but he has always been a central midfielder.