<h2 style="text-align: justify"><strong>Liverpool FC have been notified of the interest from Benfica for their Serbian Winger Lazar Markovic according to reports in Portuguese press.</strong></h2> <p style="text-align: justify"><em>Lazar Markovic</em> had been singed by <em>Liverpool FC</em> just 12 months ago from <em>Benfica </em>for A?19.8 million with some of the top clubs in Europe, including Chelsea FC keeping a close watch on his progress.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">The report comes from the Portuguese paper <em>A Bola</em>, who say that Benfica have informed Liverpool FC about their interest to take Lazar Markovic back to Portugal where he played a key role in the Eagles title winning campaign. Markovic started 30 games and appeared in further 19 for the Lisbon giants last season.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Earlier, reputed journalist Tony Barret from the Times had written in his article that Liverpool FC valued the talents of Markovic and had not doubt about it, but, there was a genuine concern if the player was suited to the English league.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">Whilst the player has hardly shown an indication that he can deal with when roughed up, a routine occurrence on the pitch in England, examples of Luka Modric, Philip Coutinho, and Luis Garcia tells one that the player can adapt if he is open to learning.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">The player has had a very hit and miss season with Liverpool FC that has hampered his ability to learn, too. An early pre-season injury meant Markovic was not as sharp as he would have liked to be in a new league and struggled to make an impact.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">Liverpool fans aren't happy with reports Lazar Markovic may be going back to Benfica [Tweets] <a href="http://t.co/L5QaDMFm4u">http://t.co/L5QaDMFm4u</a> <a href="http://t.co/kCllNDeb0v">pic.twitter.com/kCllNDeb0v</a></p> a 101 Great Goals (@101greatgoals) <a href="https://twitter.com/101greatgoals/status/608902678589108224">June 11, 2015</a></blockquote> . <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> Markovic to Benfica was just a very minor article in A Bola's paper edition, so I wouldn't read to much into it. a Jan Hagen (@PortuBall) <a href="https://twitter.com/PortuBall/status/608899399859716096">June 11, 2015</a> </blockquote> <p style="text-align: justify">Was then asked to play as a wingback with Brendan Rodgers switching to a 3-4-3 formation to beef up Liverpool FC's defense for compensating for a lack of forward. Despite not being his natural position, Markovic's best run of form came at right wing back.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">It does look unlikely that Markovic will be sold. A loan move, at worst, is more likely. But then, it does not make any sense for Liverpool FC to send a player on loan outside England because he is not ready for the English League.</p> <p style="text-align: justify">The move looks highly unlikely.</p>