Emre Can set to sign for Liverpool after £9.75m Bayer Leverkusen release clause activated

Liverpool faxed bid for Germany Under 21 international Can



Brendan Rodgers has shown lots of faith in young players at Anfield

The 20-year-old is an energetic box-to-box midfielder

Brendan Rodgers has landed his second signing of the summer after Bayer Leverkusen confirmed that midfielder Emre Can is heading for Anfield.

Sportsmail revealed how Liverpool had activated a £9.75million (12m euro) escape clause in Can's Leverkusen contract by faxing a bid to the Bundesliga club in the past 24 hours.

Leverkusen have now admitted Liverpool have made their move and that everything has been agreed for the transfer to go through.

Close: Liverpool are set to sign Bayer Leverkusen midfielder Emre Can after activating his release clause

Signal of intent: Manager Brendan Rodgers has been busy trying to sort incomings out early on for next year

Sealed: Rickie Lambert has already secured a £4m move from Southampton this close season

'Up until yesterday, I would have said it was just rumours about Emre,' Leverkusen's chief executive Michael Schade told German paper Bild. 'But now I can confirm that we have received an official offer from Liverpool, and I expect a very quick conclusion to it.'

Brendan Rodgers has been chasing the Germany Under 21 international for a while and has been over to personally check on the player's progress.

The 20-year-old is an energetic box-to-box midfielder and should provide the Reds with extra impetus in the middle of the park.

Inter Milan were also keen on Can but it was always his intention to move to the Premier League.

The club hope to have a deal concluded within the week as they press ahead with plans for an assault on the Premier League title.

The player's agent, Reza Fazeli, is a familiar face around Anfield after brokering a loan move with the club for Nuri Sahin in 2012.

Rodgers is keen to get his transfer business done early. Rickie Lambert has already signed for £4million from Southampton ahead of the World Cup and they continue to pursue England midfielder Adam Lallana.

They came within a slip of winning the league last month and the belief is that if they can keep hold of Luis Suarez - who was linked with a move to Real Madrid in the Spanish press on Wednesday morning - and supplement that with shrewd additions, they'll be in a better position to challenge come August.