Not quite five years ago, while he was on international duty with Germany, Can’s phone rang. On the other end of the line was an executive with Juventus, the Italian team he had joined the previous season. They had what might be described as a curt conversation, though either one of those words might be pushing it. He had turned down the chance to leave Juventus because he believed he would play in the Champions League, he said. And now he had been told he would not, in a “phone call that did not even last a minute.”

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Persons: —, — Emre, curt, Maurizio Sarri, ” Organizations: Borussia Dortmund’s, unlikeliest Champions, Wembley, Juventus, Champions League Locations: Germany