Emre Can

[cadds92]

I don't think Pep will see him as DM but more of a box to box midfield option.

I think Weigl is our long term target for Fernandinho's eventual replacement.

 

[gomer27]

I don't think Pep will see him as DM but more of a box to box midfield option.

I think Weigl is our long term target for Fernandinho's eventual replacement.

city are looking at kimmich and weigl like you said....i doubt they would be heavily interested in can

 

[ganganvince]

Would be nice to take one of theirs on a free after the Jimmy saga

 

[PannickAtTheDisco]

unless it's the dippers making him look naff then no, hopefully in the ox/wilshere/pickford sphere of "rumours of back-up targets to show we're buying for that position"

 

[Daz_Blue]

If we sign him then we need to also get Koke from Athletico ......having Can and Koke in our midfield would be great as long as they don't fizzle out

 

[Gabriel]

If we start taking players such as Sanchez and Can without paying inflated fees, what in the blue blazes are the media going to carp about during games?

 

[Neville Kneville]

On a free transfer, with Pep's coaching, two German internationals already in the squad, has to be a strong possibility imo.

 

[Patientman63]

I'd have him.

If only to squeeze more outrage and misery out the red dippers...

 

[cadds92]

Can and Sanchez on free transfers.

That's Juve/ Italian style transfer business that.

 

[balotelli's back pocket]

Quality player, but didnt pep bin him at bayern?

 

[Andrew___K]

Quality player, but didnt pep bin him at bayern?

He did, Can was a surplus to requirements.

 

[citytill1die84]

I'd have him.

 

[domalino]

Capable of absolute brilliance on his day, but his day doesn't happen often enough.

He's particularly suspect positionallg so couldn't really play the fernandinho role without serious transformation.


It's one of those signings where if we went for it id completely understand why, but I won't be desperate for it to happen.

He's nowhere near as good as Milinkovic-Savic though.

 

[mikeyboy]

i've always thought he was a good player, i didnt realise he was only 23 either. i think it's a no brainer on a free personally.

 

[waspish]

Think what happened and how Milner left City still rankles with some at city and getting Emre on a free and only 23 will be justice and yeah he is a good player Pep would make him better

 

[domalino]

Quality player, but didnt pep bin him at bayern?

He did, Can was a surplus to requirements.

Sort of. Can was 19 when Pep arrived and competing with Lahm, Martinez, Kroos, Schweinsteiger, Thiago and Müller (had to play in a midfield role for peps first season) for a place in a 3 man midfield.

So Bayern did what they did previously with Lahm, Kroos and others which is send him out to get experience. He went to Leverkusen with a dirt cheap buyback clause after 2 years but he decided to go to Liverpool when Klopp came in and took it out of Bayerns hands.

Looking at their midfield now and him at Liverpool, I'm not sure he'd have been good enough but he took the decision away from them to be fair.

 

[OB1]

On a free transfer, with Pep's coaching, two German internationals already in the squad, has to be a strong possibility imo.

He's not that old so Pep might well think there is lots of improvement possible.

 

[KS55]

If we sign him then we need to also get Koke from Athletico ......having Can and Koke in our midfield would be great as long as they don't fizzle out

Ah, the old Bell, Book and Candle joke.

 

[Andouble]

Excellent player, I'd have him here. Source any good?

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

If we sign him then we need to also get Koke from Athletico ......having Can and Koke in our midfield would be great as long as they don't fizzle out

You're wasted on here Daz.