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Jurgen Klopp's at it again, isn't he? There's outside the box and then there's Jurgen Klopp levels of outside of the box. Just when you start to scratch your head and question the logic behind it all it clicks into place and you feel stupid yourself for not seeing it originally. Adam Lallana as a box-to-box midfielder - his dribbling and ability to play on the half turn make him an ideal candidate to break the defensive lines. Jordan Henderson as …

If you could design the perfect central midfielder, they'd be tall, athletic, with raw power and pace. Then look at Emre Can and tell me he doesn't fit the model?! He, by design, is the perfect midfielder. His attributes are made to dominate football matches in the Premier League and go on to become a top class player for Liverpool Football Club. The power and physical stature are clearly without doubt, but his pace is constantly questioned. Whilst not blessed …

Emre Can is not just a classy beast with magnificent hair or one of those people with a certain magnetic charisma about them, but he could also be a very influential player for Liverpool this season and hopefully, many more to come. Prior to the Arsenal game, Brendan Rodgers spoke of a need to "dominate the space" and given his propensity for middle-management jargon and buzz-words, he often finds himself a target of derision when he speaks. However, Rodgers' comments proved to …

Regarded by most as Liverpool’s best signing from the 2014 summer transfer window, Emre Can has made a promising start to his Anfield career. The midfielder has played the majority of his games at right-sided centre-back of a three, instead of a more familiar role further up the field, because of Rodgers’ attempt to fix Liverpool’s defensive issues with 3 at the back. In 2011, Steffen Freund described Can as, “The most complete player I have seen in my career”, …