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.