Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has revealed that Emre Can is ready to return to action following his extended summer break.
Can was the last member of the Liverpool squad to report back for pre-season training due to his involvement in Germany's Confederations Cup-winning side earlier this summer, but he has travelled with the team to his homeland for their three-match tour.
The 23-year-old has been linked with a move away from the club during the ongoing transfer window, but Klopp confirmed that he will be involved when his side take on Hertha Berlin on Saturday.
"Yes [he will be in the squad]. After this long time, of course he is keen to play that's how footballers are. There are a lot of interesting things to see," he told the club's official website.
"I was a player too and I used to look at the lineup, 'Am I involved from the beginning? If not, do I come on in the second half?' I told the boys before the game, if you think the wrong things after I made a decision in pre-season, I can't change it but I haven't made my lineup for Watford now, so why are you making it?
"When I give a lineup for pre-season, [players] must use the opportunity and play as good football as you can. We will hopefully have a few difficult choices to make in the next season and we can only get the benefit from it if they all stay confident. But if they think, 'Oh no, I am not in the lineup' then go into the game with 60% it would not make sense. I need a really mentally strong side and so now we start mixing it up a little bit."
Klopp also confirmed that fit-again Sadio Mane will feature in the German capital, while new signing Andrew Robertson will make his debut for the club.
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