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title: "Liverpool: Marko Grujic returns to Hertha Berlin on season-long loan"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/liverpool-marko-grujic-returns-to-hertha-berlin-on-season-long-loan/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Dylan Walsh"
section: "Liverpool Football Club"
published: "2019-07-01T19:25:21Z"
modified: "2019-07-01T19:25:21Z"
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# Liverpool: Marko Grujic returns to Hertha Berlin on season-long loan

**After an impressive season out on loan where Marko Grujic was dubbed Hertha Berlin’s best midfielder in the past 20 years by former head coach Pal Dardai [via Bundesliga UK](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/liverpool-s-marko-grujic-by-far-the-best-midfielder-hertha-berlin-dardai-518902.jsp), Liverpool have once again allowed the Serbian to depart for another season.**

The Reds [confirmed through their official club website](https://www.liverpoolfc.com/news/first-team/354997-marko-grujic-hertha-loan-stay-confirmed) that the 23-year-old midfielder had returned to the Bundesliga side for a second season out on loan following a campaign where Grujic scored [five goals from central midfield](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/marko-grujic/leistungsdaten/spieler/222813/plus/0?saison=2018) as well as averaging a [WhoScored](https://twitter.com/WhoScored/status/1145640691738894337) rating of 7.26, with Jadon Sancho the only Bundesliga player under the age of 23 to average a higher rating.

Of course, it makes sense as to why Jurgen Klopp has taken up the decision to loan out Grujic for a second season. At just 23, the Serbian international is still young and is at that stage of his career where he needs to be playing week-in-week-out in order to continue his development, something he will get at Hertha based on his [23 appearances for the club last season](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/marko-grujic/leistungsdaten/spieler/222813/plus/0?saison=2018), a number which could have been higher had it not been to ankle injuries.

As well as playing consistent first-team football, [the return of Oxlade-Chamberlain](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2019/04/26/alex-oxlade-chamberlain-makes-long-awaited-return-liverpool/) for the start of next season means that Liverpool’s midfield would be far too crowded for Grujic to be given a fair shot, and given [how much the former Arsenal man played](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/alex-oxlade-chamberlain/leistungsdaten/spieler/143424/plus/0?saison=2017) before his [injury](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/18/alex-oxlade-chamberlain-out-for-season-knee-injury-liverpool), it’s not hard to imagine he will return to the mix accordingly.

Grujic showed last season that he has what it takes to play at the top, but with a stacked midfield blocking his way at Liverpool and first-team football guaranteed in Berlin, it makes sense as to why the club have decided to let the Serbian depart Anfield for another year.

***Liverpool fans, will Grujic succeed out on loan? Let us know!***