Following his £10mil move from Bayern Leverkusen earlier on in the summer, Liverpool midfielder Emre Can hoping to make his home debut tomorrow when the Reds take on a side familiar to him later today.
The Reds will face off against German side Borussia Dortmund in their final friendly fixture of what’s been a busy pre-season schedule and the 20-year old is itching to get out on the pitch and show the Kop what he’s made of. “I am really hoping that I can get on the pitch and make my first appearance at Anfield on Sunday,” he told Liverpool’s official website on the eve of the match. “I am really looking forward to that.”
Can made a massive impression during the Reds pre-season tour of North America with a number of top notch performances earning him praise for not only his presence on the ball, but his intelligent running as well. Although Liverpool will face decidedly European opposition tomorrow, the budding midfield maestro has warned against using the German side as a measure of the type of matches they’ll soon encounter when they return to the Champions League for the first time since 2009 — a competition that’s confident his new team will do well in.
“I am convinced that Dortmund have strong individuals and strong players; they definitely work well together as a team. However, we cannot compare Sunday to what a Champions League game will be like this season, because this is still only a friendly” he explained with a clarity that masked his years. “I am really confident about us going into the Champions League this season. “The whole team, the whole club and the city is looking forward to getting back in the Champions League because Liverpool haven’t played there for a couple of years.”
