Felipe Anderson, Marko Grujic and Malang Sarr join Porto on loan

6 October 2020

Portuguese champions Porto have signed West Ham's Felipe Anderson, Liverpool's Marko Grujic and Chelsea's Malang Sarr on season-long loan deals.

Although the transfer window closed for English clubs signing players from abroad on Monday, the window in Portugal is open until 25 October.

Tuesday was the Champions League deadline for registering players.

Brazil international Anderson, 27, joined the Hammers for £36m in 2018 - a club record fee at the time.

The midfielder failed to start a match for West Ham this season.

Liverpool were keen for Grujic to move on a permanent basis but, after bids for the midfielder from the Bundesliga failed to meet their valuation on transfer deadline day, they were happy to loan him to the Portuguese champions.

Grujic, 24, will join up with Porto after international duty with Serbia.

There is no option to buy included in the loan deal but the chance of Grujic playing for a club in the Champions League is seen as an attractive proposition for both the player and Liverpool.

French defender Sarr, 21, only joined Chelsea in August, signing a five-year contract after leaving Nice when his contract expired.

Chelsea's Dutch midfielder Marco van Ginkel, 27, has returned to PSV Eindhoven on a season-long loan, having spent two years there on a temporary basis between 2016 and 2018.

He is joined in the Netherlands by compatriot Juan Castillo, who joins AZ Alkmaar, and George McEachran, who will play for second-tier MVV Maastricht.

The 20-year-old midfielders have signed on loans for the rest of the campaign.

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