Emre Can wants to be part of the ‘big Juventus project’

EMRE CAN has said he moved to Juventus from Liverpool because he was attracted to the Turin side’s ability to consistently challenge for titles as well as being lured by their ambitious targets.

The German international joined Liverpool in 2014 and played his 167th and last match for the Premier League side in their Champions League final defeat by Real Madrid in May.

“Juventus had good contact with my agent for many years. I just know the mentality of the club – they want to win titles. That’s my mentality too. I came here to win titles,” the 24-year-old said.

“The first target has to be to win Serie A and then comes the Champions League. That has to be our aim. I am here to help the team.

“I decided to come to Juventus because the project here is very big. They have very big aims. I want to be part of the project.”

l Former Spain striker Fernando Torres has announced he is joining Japanese top flight side Sagan Tosu as a free agent after leaving Atletico Madrid last month.

“We have had offers from every continent. My new team will be Sagan Tosu of Japan,” the 34-year-old Torres said.

“I have had offers from France, Germany and even one from Spain but at no point did I ever think about going to another European team. I wanted a new challenge in a completely different place.”

Torres, who spent the bulk of his career with boyhood club Atletico across two spells, has also played for Liverpool, Chelsea and AC Milan and won the World Cup and two European Championship titles with Spain.

Sagan Tosu have been in Japan’s top flight J.League since 2012. In 2017, they finished eighth in the division but are in a relegation battle halfway through the current campaign.

Torres becomes the second high-profile Spaniard to head to Japan in recent weeks after former Barcelona great Andres Iniesta agreed to join Vissel Kobe in May.