Liverpool and Chelsea battle with Inter Milan to sign Serbian prodigy

Liverpool and Chelsea are both chasing Serbian youngster Marko Grujic

LIVERPOOL have joined the race to sign Red Star Belgrade youngster Marko Grujic, who has also interested Chelsea.

Inter Milan remain favourites to land the talented Grujic, 19, but that has not stopped the Anfield club from launching a move.

Liverpool's scouts watched the midfielder score in a 7-2 win over Cukaricki in the Serbian Super League on Saturday and, according to reports, later met the player and his agent for talks.

Grujic is well-known to Zeljko Buvac, the assistant to Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp, and would cost in the region of £3million initially. There is a chance Liverpool would be prepared to loan Grujic back to Red Star.

 

Chelsea have also tracked Grujic, who is close friends with Nemanja Matic, but Inter are hopeful of seeing off the challenge from England.

Dejan Stankovic, who played for Red Star Belgrade and Inter, has returned to the Italian club where he is a scout and has the inside track on the player.