Jurgen Klopp: Liverpool first-team player could leave Anfield

LIVERPOOL manager Jurgen Klopp has revealed winger Lazar Markovic's future is still undecided.

By Jamie Anderson

Markovic, 22, has failed to justify his lofty price-tag since joining Liverpool from Benfica for £20m.

The talent spent last season on loan with Fenerbahce, where he missed the final four months with a serious hamstring injury.

He's since returned to Liverpool and featured in pre-season but although Klopp has been impressed with his progress, the German refused to guarantee his future at Anfield.

He said: "He has developed well. When we started to train, you could really see that he didn't trust his body 100 per cent.

"He had a serious injury. We spoke about this. Everybody knows that Lazar is a very quick player, but he was not at 100 percent.

"He had some doubts about how it would be, so he needed the first one or two weeks. And since then he has become better and better and better.

"He's in good shape. I'm not sure where his 100 per cent is, but he's in a good way and he's a nice lad, good boy, funny, works hard. That's the truth.

FOCUS: Liverpool midfielder Lazar Markovic

"At the end we have to see how we will build our squad.

"We have time between now and Aug. 31 where maybe something will happen. Maybe it will happen earlier, maybe it will happen on the 31st, or maybe it will never happen. That's how it is.

"At this moment we need all these players for the games and for our training sessions, and he is part of it. That's all for now."