Can Lazar Markovic resurrect his Liverpool career?
It is three years since Liverpool paid Benfica £20 million to sign Serbian attacker Lazar Markovic.
The attacker was highly rated and the Reds beat competition from Chelsea for his signature.
Three years on and his career at the club is hanging by a thread.
Markovic has played only 34 first team games for the Reds in three years, scoring three goals and providing one assist.
Liverpool’s Lazar Markovic in action with Barcelona’s Lucas Digne
Brendan Rodgers could not get the best out of him, and Jurgen Klopp has barely seen him, sending him out on loan.
He has had three different spells away, at Fenerbahce, Sporting Lisbon, and most recently Hull City, where he scored twice in 14 games as the Tigers were relegated.
For now though he remains a Liverpool player, and returned to pre-season training at the club yesterday.
With the transfer window moving frenetically at this time of year and Liverpool perhaps needing to raise cash to fund a big bid for Naby Keita, Markovic may not be around too much longer.
But for the time being he has one last chance to impress Jurgen Klopp, and there are still fans who have not given up on him, and would like to see the 23-year-old fulfil his potential.
Here is a look at how fans responded to his return message…
Would you like to see Markovic give one last chance?
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