Liverpool midfielder Marko Grujic is eyeing a loan move to Lazio despite Cardiff wanting him to return after a successful loan spell last season, according to The Sun.
The newspaper claim in their print edition (Sunday, pg. 63) that the Serbia international would prefer to be challenging for trophies in Rome than battling relegation in Wales.
Grujic spent a successful six months on loan with the Bluebirds last season and was instrumental in their final push for promotion.
OPINION
It has been widely expected for a long while that Grujic would end up rejoining Cardiff on loan this summer following such a successful spell in south Wales last season. The 22-year-old midfielder had a slow start to life in the Championship but then morphed into a key player for the club as they managed to secure Premier League status for just the second time in their history. A return for Grujic therefore seemed to make sense for all parties involved, with everything in place for him to thrive there once again. However, interest from Lazio seems to have turned Grujic’s head, and in all honesty, who can blame him? The lure of playing in Serie A with a historic club like Lazio is huge, and the possibility of playing for trophies is far more alluring than the thought of a relegation battle with Cardiff.
