Liverpool land Can and Moreno, but must wait for Lallana

Southampton skipper won't move until after the World Cup, as Arsenal chase Iker Casillas

Adam Lallana

Liverpool's summer spending spree is underway, with the Reds landing a midfielder and a defender, although they will have to wait until after the World Cup to secure the services of their main target, Southampton captain Adam Lallana.

First up, the club has confirmed that it has "agreed a deal in principle" with Bayer Leverkusen to sign 20-year-old Emre Can. Football and principles are not two words that are often found in the same sentence, certainly as far as Fifa is concerned, but it appears the Reds and the German outfit have thrashed out a deal for Can, a Germany under-21 midfielder who helped Leverkusen to fourth last season. The youngster only joined Leverkusen from Bayern Munich last summer but Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers believes Can is the Man for the Merseyside club.

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Bill Mann is a football correspondent for The Week.co.uk, scouring the world's football press daily for the popular Transfer Talk column.