Liverpool confirms departure of Can and Flanagan

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Germany midfielder Emre Can is leaving Liverpool, along with out-of-favor defender Jon Flanagan, the Premier League club confirmed on June 8.

Both were out of contract this summer.

Emre Can in a Liverpool team training session at the Olympic Stadium in Kiev, Ukraine, May 25, 2018, on the eve of the UEFA Champions League final football match between Liverpool and Real Madrid. /VCG Photo

Can, who joined from Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen in 2014, looks set to join Juventus in Serie A.

The 24-year-old played his 167th and final game for Liverpool in last month's Champions League final defeat by Real Madrid and has not been included in champions Germany's World Cup squad.

Liverpool have already announced the signing of Brazilian midfielder Fabinho from AS Monaco for a fee that British media put at about 40 million pounds (54 million US dollars).

December 15, 2017: Jon Flanagan and Mohamed Salah of Liverpool during a training session at Melwood Training Groundin Liverpool, England. /VCG Photo

Flanagan, 25, made headlines earlier this year when he was sentenced to a 12-month community order for assaulting his partner.

The Liverpool-born academy graduate made 51 senior appearances for the Merseyside club but his last game was a League Cup defeat to Leicester City in September 2017.

Capped once by England in a friendly international, he spent the end of last season on loan to Championship side Bolton Wanderers.

Source(s): Reuters