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Jurgen Klopp: 'Emre Can not leaving Liverpool in January'

By Giuseppe Labellarte, Reporter | 28 January 2018

Jurgen Klopp hints that Emre Can may be running down his Liverpool contract but insists that the midfielder will not leave during the January transfer window.

Jurgen Klopp has suggested that Emre Can may be running down his Liverpool contract but insists that the midfielder will not leave during the January transfer window.

Can's contract with the Reds runs out on June 30, which means that the German is free to sign a pre-contract agreement with a club outside of the Premier League.

Juventus director general Giuseppe Marotta has previously claimed that the Serie A champions are trying "all they can" to secure the 24-year-old's services ahead of the 2018-19 season.

"He'll stay beyond the winter," Klopp told DAZN regarding Can's future. "Emre is still a young lad but he has developed into a great player and is very important for us.

"Sometimes a player just wants to sit out his contract. That's not cool for the club, but there are moments in which you have to accept it.

"And as long as the player behaves like Emre does, then I have absolutely nothing to complain about. He gives everything he has and identifies with the club."

Can has made 158 appearances for Liverpool since his 2014 move from Bayer Leverkusen, scoring 12 goals and claiming 10 assists.