‘He played like a £70m midfielder’ – Carragher issues warning to Liverpool over midfield ace contract situation
Liverpool legend Jamie Carragher has heaped praise on Emre Can following his performance during the Reds win over Arsenal.
Jurgen Klopp’s side recorded a 4-0 victory over title rivals Arsenal on Sunday to move up into second place.
Can has been in impressive form for Liverpool this season, the 23-year-old netted a brace against Hoffenheim last week. Can also played a starring role against the Gunners yesterday.
Liverpool were 2-0 up going into the break following goals from Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane.
Egypt international Mohamed Salah put Liverpool 3-0 up shortly after the break while Daniel Sturridge’s late header sealed three points.
Can didn’t score or provide an assist however, the Germany international helped Liverpool’s midfield assert their dominance over Arsenal.
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“He was outstanding. They’ll be a lot of talk about the front three of Liverpool, and rightly so. But Liverpool were in the market for a midfield player this summer,” Carragher told Sky Sports.
“Can played like that player today – a £60m or £70m midfielder. He has a contract dispute at the moment. Hopefully that gets sorted out.”
Carragher also warned Liverpool about Can’s contract situation. The 23-year-old has under 12-months remaining on his deal with the Reds.
“There’s been talk of players coming in at Liverpool, but more importantly they need to keep players. Yes, Coutinho, but he [Can] is another one.”
Can has been called up to the Germany national team. Liverpool face another tough fixture against Manchester City when the Premier League returns on September 9.
We’ve got to keep Emre Can!!!
Got to say I totally agree with Caragher,Can has steadily improved, he is strong in midfield and very combative, which you need in the premier league, we have a lot of players with skill and flair, however you need players who can fight it out and show a bit of steel I have to add along with V VD this would give Liverpool that spine throughout the team.
We definitely need to keep Can because he is definitely going to get better with each game.
Wow Can played great against Arsenal vandhas improved the more game time he’s had and he didn’t really play that defensive Midfield role that he’s doesn’t like and played more of a free role going forward and backwards!!! So what do we now with Can ?
DO we give him what he’s been after which is a massive pay increase to around the £100k pw mark or sell him now or third option let his contract run down and lose him on a free next season… Personally I’m not even sure if we gave him the pay increase that he would stay as Juvo been chasing him all summer but surly we must try as Can is still so young but looks like he’s 28 or 29. This guy is improving all the time and been picked in the German main Squad now also and is £100K pw too much to ask when you look at what a lot of the other guys are on ?
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