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Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Exclusive interview with Marko Grujic ahead of Liverpool's Champions League clash with his boyhood club Red Star Belgrade

Blood Red: The Liverpool FC Podcast

Reach Podcasts

News, Sports, Soccer, Sports News

4.41000 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2018

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Champions League football is back at Anfield on Wednesday night - and the clash with Red Star Belgrade will be special for one Liverpool player in particular.Marko Grujic is a Red Star fan who grew up in Belgrade and rose through the ranks of his hometown club before Jurgen Klopp made the midfielder his first signing as Liverpool manager in January 2016.Grujic is currently on loan with Bundesliga high flyers Hertha Berlin, but as he tells our Liverpool FC correspondent James Pearce in an exclusive interview, he is hoping to be back at Anfield for the match.The 22-year-old speaks about how the loan is going and the latest on his fitness after his impressive start to life in Germany was halted by an ankle injury.Grujic also shares his memories of growing up, and then playing for Red Star, and what it means to the 1991 European Cup winners to be competing in the Champions League proper for the first time.He also tells us what Liverpool can expect on Wednesday night - and in the return encounter between the teams in Belgrade on November 6.And a really enjoyable chat ends with Marko making a bit of a revelation. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Blood Red Podcast from the Liverpool Echo, giving you the inside track on all the big talking points from Anfield.

0:08.0

First of all, Marco, thanks for much for joining us. How are you finding life with

0:16.2

Hertha Berlin? Yeah, so far it was good decision I would say and of course the Berlin and the

0:26.6

set I was good to be and then from the first day I felt really welcome in the

0:31.5

club and I had a great few games as well.

0:35.8

We are a good run, I would say, as well.

0:39.8

Because you're a good position in the city right now.

0:42.4

And exactly from the first day was really

0:45.8

really good with everything on the pitch and off as well so you just need to

0:52.1

keep doing this and I'm really happy that I can get some minutes to play and of course to develop and in

1:00.0

that he's going to come more stronger and ready for the next opportunities.

1:05.0

Yeah and I saw some footage this week if you back out on the training field running again

1:10.3

is the rehab pretty well advanced now after that ankle injury?

1:14.0

Yes yes I just added to go with some running and you just have the ball,

1:20.0

work and ball, I don't know, the exercises.

1:25.0

So, yeah, soon I will be back with the team

1:28.0

and then it's up to coach when I will play some part of the game and hopefully maybe next weekend and yeah I really

1:38.0

come to it for that moment again and of course injuries are always a bit annoying, but it's a part of the game, yeah.

1:46.0

Yeah, and while you're in Berlin, do you still keep in close contact with Liverpool?

1:51.0

Do you hear from Jörgen and his staff?

1:54.0

Yes, we are tough to the game.

1:59.0

As soon as I was in a changing room, I received few messages as well from manager and the guys from medical staff.

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