Juventus Transfer News: Latest Rumours on Sami Khedira and Emre Can

Juventus will reportedly consider selling Sami Khedira at the end of the season if they can strike a deal for Liverpool midfielder Emre Can.

According to Calciomercato.com, the Italian champions view Can as the "heir" to his Germany team-mate, whose contract is set to expire in Turin in 2019.

The piece stated Juve are trying to snap up the Liverpool man on a free transfer. Can's contract at Anfield is set to expire at the end of the campaign, and with little progress seemingly made over a new deal, he is free to discuss a pre-contract agreement with non-Premier League clubs in January.

If he does arrive, Calciomercato.com reported Khedira will most likely be sold, suggesting a number of Major League Soccer sides admire the World Cup winner and would offer him the chance to play in North America.

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Khedira arrived at Juventus in 2015 on a free transfer from Real Madrid and has been crucial to the team's domestic dominance since. The midfielder is all action at his best, able to win possession back for his side, scuttle forward and commit opposition defenders.

However, there have been some signs this season that he is beginning to slow down. Football writer Adam Digby offered a particularly scathing assessment of his play earlier in the campaign:

Standards need to remain impeccably high if you are to find a regular place in the Juventus team.

The club landed Blaise Matuidi in the summer to compete with Khedira, while the likes of Miralem Pjanic and Claudio Marchisio bring guile to the engine room.

Factor in options such as Stefano Sturaro, Kwadwo Asamoah and Rodrigo Bentancur, and Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri has an embarrassment of midfield riches.

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Even so, the chance to land a footballer like Can for free isn't likely to be an opportunity the Turin giants would spurn. 

According to Paul Joyce of The Times, the reason the 23-year-old has yet to sign a new contract at Anfield is the club's refusal to include a release clause in any deal. Football writer Jack Lusby can understand why the player wants such a stipulation:

Meanwhile, writer Ste Hoare doesn't believe the situation looks positive for the Reds as January moves closer into view:

For Can, the prospect of joining a club like Juventus would be tempting. As talented as Liverpool are, the Bianconeri are serial trophy winners and serious challengers for UEFA Champions League glory.

The former Bayer Leverkusen man has made rapid improvements under manager Jurgen Klopp, and there are undoubted similarities between his game and Khedira's. Can meshes power and poise when he's on the field, allowing Klopp to be flexible in the way he sets his side up.

Khedira has been a fine player for Juventus, winning two Serie A titles and two Coppa Italias. There would be benefits to keeping a man of his experience around, though if Can did come in, it's difficult to see the 30-year-old getting too much football in Turin beyond this season.