Marko Grujic will seal Anfield move within three days

Indeed, Goran Grujic has admitted to hiding his son’s passport in an attempt to stop him leaving Red Star, who he believes are surreptitiously coercing 19-year-old Marko into a transfer as they need the fee to help balance their books.

The statement added: “Everyone at Red Star sincerely wanted Marko Grujic to wear our shirt for the next 10 years, but the financial situation of our club dictates that we have to make a different decision”.

Many people are in a hurry to collect the transfer.

Liverpool have completed their first signing since the arrival of Jurgen Klopp with the capture of Red Star Belgrade teenager Marko Grujic.

And according to Red Star Belgrade’s sporting director Zvezdan Terzic, via goal.com, Grujic is planning to be the first Liverpool player to have the famous no. 8 on his back since Steven Gerrard.

The Serbia U21 worldwide is expected to fly into Merseyside later this week to complete a medical, before returning to Serbia to see out the rest of the season with table-topping Red Star – who are unbeaten in the league with 20 wins from 22 games.

“Marko Grujic will sign a five-year contract with Liverpool where he will have a 1,200,000 euro annual net income, which means that he will have six million from Liverpool”.

The Serbian club will also get ten per cent of any future sell on fee. Liverpool will (in the end) offer more money, just let’s clinch the title with Red Star.

“Bojan Djordjic, Milos Veljkovic, Adem Ljajic, Zoran Tosic, Lazar Markovic, Danilo Pantic…”

“The second is the story with [Branislav] Ivanovic and [Nemanja] Vidic”.

“Know your child. I know he has the quality to be able to play in England, but it’s not the league for him [right] now”.