Liverpool's Emre Can earns first call-up to German national team

By Calum Gillon, Reporter | 28 August 2015

Emre Can is called up to Joachim Low's German national side for the first time as they face Poland and Scotland in the Euro 2016 Qualifiers.

Liverpool's Emre Can has received his first call-up to the senior Germany squad after being included by Joachim Low for the upcoming Euro 2016 qualifying matches against Poland and Scotland.

Can, who has been capped by Germany's Under-21 side, has featured in all three of Liverpool's league matches this season, while playing 33 times in all competitions during the 2014-15 season.

"Emre had a good development at Liverpool and is a versatile player. We like his presence on the pitch and his dynamism," Low said in a statement. "Now we want to get to know him a bit better."

Arsenal's Mesut Ozil and new Manchester United signing Bastian Schweinsteiger have also been included.

Germany squad in full:

Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Marc-André ter Stegen (Barcelona), Ron-Robert Zieler (Hannover)

Defenders: Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Emre Can (Liverpool), Matthias Ginter and Mats Hummels (Borussia Dortmund), Jonas Hector (Köln), Shkodran Mustafi (Valencia), Sebastian Rudy (Hoffenheim)

Midfielders: Karim Bellarabi and Christoph Kramer (Bayer Leverkusen), Ilkay Gundogan and Marco Reus (Dortmund), Toni Kroos (Real Madrid), Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich), Mesut Ozil (Arsenal), Lukas Podolski (Galatasaray), Andre Schurrle (Wolfsburg), Bastian Schweinsteiger ((Manchester United)