Emre Can looks set for a Liverpool exit with boss Jurgen Klopp seemingly accepting a summer departure.
The Germany midfielder is into the last six months of his current contract with reports suggesting a switch to Juventus is likely.
The Serie A giants were exploring the possibility of bringing the 24-year-old to Italy in the January transfer window but Klopp has dismissed that entirely with Can set to leave on a free transfer in the summer.
“He’ll stay beyond the winter,” Klopp told DAZN. “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 was one of Liverpool’s poorest performers after they dumped out of the FA Cup in the fourth round by West Brom on Saturday.
I’m also a big Emre Can fan, but it’s not okay to have one exceptional game followed by two well below par ones.
— John O'Sullivan (@NotoriousJOS) January 27, 2018
The German boss has failed to make it past the fourth-round stage of the competition as Reds boss and with Manchester City running away with the Premier League, the Champions League is now the club’s last shot at silverware this season.
They will face Porto in the last 16 with the first leg tie in Portugal next month.
