Liverpool target Marko Grujic - the new Nemanja Matic?
The Anfield club has held talks with the Red Star Belgrade teenager, who is also wanted by Inter and has attracted interest from Paris Saint-Germain and Roma.
Marko Grujic has emerged as one of the rising stars of Serbian football and Liverpool is the latest in a string of big European clubs to show an interest in the Red Star Belgrade teenager.
Goal understands Liverpool sent scouts to watch the 19-year-old impress in a 7-2 victory for Red Star over Cukaricki on Sunday.
The midfielder has since confirmed he has held talks with the Anfield club, but remains a Red Star player for the time being.
Inter has also followed Grujic's progress closely. Club director Piero Ausilio and Nerazzurri legend and former Red Star youth product Dejan Stankovic are understood to have held a meeting with the player following a Serbia Under-21 match away from home against Slovenia.
Paris Saint-Germain, Roma and Torino are also monitoring the teenager and it is easy to see why. A midfielder who operates as a screen in front of the back four, Grujic has already been dubbed the new Nemanja Matic, having risen through Serbia's youth ranks to help his side win the Under-20 World Cup in New Zealand earlier in 2015.
Having starred in a local youth tournament, Grujic joined Red Star's youth academy at the age of nine, catching the eye of Tomislav Milicevic, who previously discovered Stankovic and Vladimir Jugovic, another player to have represented Inter as well as Juventus, Lazio and Sampdoria.
Grujic made his Red Star debut during the 2012-13 season against Vojvodina and has gone on to make 26 appearances for the club, scoring four goals, as well as enjoying a spell at lower league side FK Kolubara.
Nicknamed 'Gruja', his performances have seen him become one of the darlings of the 'Marakana', or Rajkon Mitic Stadium. In a recent home game against Borac Cacak, supporters sang his name.
At 6'3'', Grujic is considered a defensive midfielder who is difficult to beat, with his main responsibility in the side to recover possession and launch attacks.
Grujic made his Red Star debut during the 2012-13 season against Vojvodina and has gone on to make 26 appearances for the club, scoring four goals, as well as enjoying a spell at lower league side FK Kolubara.
Nicknamed 'Gruja', his performances have seen him become one of the darlings of the 'Marakana', or Rajkon Mitic Stadium. In a recent home game against Borac Cacak, supporters sang his name.
At 6'3'', Grujic is considered a defensive midfielder who is difficult to beat, with his main responsibility in the side to recover possession and launch attacks.
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