{"id":1105336,"date":"2019-09-08T13:15:58","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T12:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1105336"},"modified":"2019-09-29T20:19:58","modified_gmt":"2019-09-29T19:19:58","slug":"lazar-markovic-was-a-genius-in-liverpool-training-says-adam-bogdan","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/lazar-markovic-was-a-genius-in-liverpool-training-says-adam-bogdan\/","title":{"rendered":"Lazar Markovic was a &#8220;genius&#8221; in Liverpool training, says Adam Bogdan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Former Liverpool goalkeeper Adam Bogdan has described Lazar Markovic as a &#8220;genius&#8221;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bogdan joined Markovic at Liverpool a year after the winger arrived and has hailed the Serbian as one of the best players he&#8217;s ever trained with.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Markovic&#8217;s unfulfilled potential: Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Markovic joined the Reds from Partizan in 2014 for \u00a32o million.<\/li>\n<li>He was sent off for Liverpool before he managed a goal.<\/li>\n<li>He spent just one season at Anfield and struggled for regular game time.<\/li>\n<li>The midfielder left for Fulham on a permanent deal in January 2019.<\/li>\n<li>The 25-year-old returned to Partizan earlier this month.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7360490-squawka-talker-special-champions-league-2019-20-preview\/embed\/v4\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liverpoolecho.co.uk\/sport\/football\/football-news\/exclusive-inside-liverpool-training-genius-16877479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool Echo<\/a>, Bogdan offered an intriguing insight into Makrovic&#8217;s talent when asked who the best player he trained with was.<\/p>\n<p>He said:\u00a0\u201cThere were a lot. [Daniel] Sturridge, his finishing is amazing. From one step, he could find any corner. [Philippe] Coutinho was amazing as well\u2026 I don\u2019t know what words I should say as I\u2019ll say amazing for other players as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLazar Markovic was a genius in five-a-side games. It\u2019s really, really hard to pick one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou play against [James] Milner who will run for two hours, he will graft and score goals in training. [Jordan] Henderson is very similar.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s impossible to pick one out. 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Roberto Firmino was signed by Brendan Rodgers 11 days after the goalkeeper arrived.<\/p>\n<p>The Hungarian was full of praise for the Brazilian when quizzed on his former team-mate&#8217;s importance to Liverpool&#8217;s cause.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;I\u2019m in love with the game of Firmino. He\u2019s such a key player for Liverpool. You could tell he was special.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe got injured when I made my debut with his back so it took him a few weeks to come back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor him, Jurgen Klopp came in and knew him from Germany and that was a really key factor. 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