06 Jan 2018 21:36:40
Eds,
A couple of questions for you, if you can oblige:

I've used the search function but can't find an answer as to the reasons for why Can has been allowed Can to run his contract down.

I'm aware JK isn't convinced about him, but the fact he can walk for free in a few months is deeply frustrating, and surely runs counter to FSG's investor mind set.

I'm fuming about this. why isn't Jurgen the German convinced about him?
Is EC just unrealistic in requiring a guarantee of game time?

Secondly, I follow two Brazilian journos who are usually spot on reliable with regards FCB.
Both say LFC have been asked if Rafinha is of interest.

Do you know if this the case?
And if yes, what the response would have been?

Muchas gracias.

{Ed002's Note - If he doesn’t want to sign a new contract he can let it run down - it is out of the hands of the club. Rafinha is correct - maybe they got the information from here.}

1.) 06 Jan 2018
06 Jan 2018 22:03:56
I don’t understand why any fan gives 2 hoots about a player running their contract down.
It’s their career, if they fulfil a contract why shouldn’t they be allowed to continue their career how they see fit?
So we could have got £20million for him, so what? Do you think FSG would have used that £20m to lower ticket prices? So why would you care?

2.) 06 Jan 2018
06 Jan 2018 22:33:09
Ed, Regarding Rafinha, he isn't part of the Couts deal but could he still arrive as a seperate deal then?

{Ed002's Note - why do you try to complicate everything.}

3.) 06 Jan 2018
06 Jan 2018 22:35:26
As long as a player plays with the same motivation and enthusiasm in their last game as they did in their first game, i actually think it takes a great deal of loyalty to see out a contract in the modern game.

Unfortunately, most players seemingly run down their contracts so they can get the large signing on fee and slightly higher wages that are commonplace with a Bosman deal. That intention becomes more suspicious when players like Alexis Sanchez and Emre Can put in the bare minimum effort for clubs that have done nothing but back them and pay them handsomely for about 4 years, in the final years of their contracts. A stark contrast to say, Robert Lewandowski who literally played the season of his life in his final year at Dortmund, despite knowing full well he wasn't and staying.

4.) 06 Jan 2018
06 Jan 2018 22:40:49
Spiggot what makes u sure clubs would have been interested in Can if he was expensive to buy (like a value of 30 to 50 million) ? He's simply not good enough to be offerred a new contract. Juve r mostly only interested bcoz he's free. He may be a good player in the italian league we have to wait and see but will never be good enough in the PL. He's severly lacking in game reading plus the fact that he slows plays down.

5.) 07 Jan 2018
06 Jan 2018 23:28:06
Thanks for the reply ed002

But you didn't say what LFC's response was likely to be with regards the Rafinha question.

Also, I get that JK isn't convinced about Can, no problem, but why wasn't he sold?

{Ed002's Note - I have ex[plained before that Klopp likes Rafinha. Why wasn't Can sold when - and who to?}