{"id":568621,"date":"2020-10-06T17:25:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T21:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=568621"},"modified":"2020-10-06T17:28:49","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T21:28:49","slug":"felipe-anderson-leaves-west-ham-united-for-porto-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/10\/06\/felipe-anderson-leaves-west-ham-united-for-porto-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Felipe Anderson Ends Tumultuous Time With West Ham United and Joins Porto on Loan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/west-ham\/\" target=\"_self\">West Ham United<\/a> winger <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/10\/05\/report-porto-in-talks-to-sign-felipe-anderson-from-west-ham\/\" target=\"_self\">Felipe Anderson<\/a> has left the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_self\">Premier League<\/a> to join Portuguese side <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Porto\" target=\"_self\">Porto<\/a> on loan until the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Brazil\" target=\"_self\">Brazil<\/a> international has not been a feature in the Premier League this season, only coming off the bench to make two appearances, but has played in all three <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Carabao+Cup\" target=\"_self\">Carabao Cup<\/a> games.<\/p>\n<h2>Felipe Anderson Joins Porto on Loan<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">We can confirm that Felipe Anderson has joined Portuguese side FC Porto on a season-long loan.<\/p>\n<p>The Club wishes Felipe all the best for his loan spell.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 West Ham United (@WestHam) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WestHam\/status\/1313584822279901184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>A Record Signing<\/h3>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">To bring the 27-year old to the Premier League, the Hammers broke their transfer record in the summer of 2018 when they <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2018\/07\/15\/felipe-anderson-signs-for-west-ham\/\" target=\"_self\">signed him from Lazio<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/44810938\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a336 million<\/a>. He signed an initial four-year contract for West Ham but, with the addition of <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/79c84d1c\/Jarrod-Bowen\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jarrod Bowen<\/a>, chances have become limited.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The pacy winger hasn\u2019t reached the heights expected of him, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/felipe-anderson\/leistungsdaten\/spieler\/159372\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scoring a dozen time<\/a>s in 72 appearances in all competitions, with Hammers fans hoping he would have made a similar impact to their former midfielder, <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/58ae47b2\/Dimitri-Payet\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dimitri Payet<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Anderson didn\u2019t appear in David Moyes\u2019 side&#8217;s emphatic win against <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/leicester-city\/\" target=\"_self\">Leicester City <\/a>and the boss is now willing to let the Brazilian go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">With <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/22\/david-moyes-west-ham-united-boss-among-three-positive-covid-19-tests\/\" target=\"_self\">Moyes quarantining following a positive Covid-19 test<\/a>,\u00a0West Ham have still been active on deadline day. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rscanderlecht\/status\/1313192236054704131\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Cullen has departed<\/a> the London Stadium to join Vincent Kompany\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=anderlecht\" target=\"_self\">Anderlecht<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Busy Hammers<\/h3>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The club announced the signing of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/29\/report-west-ham-united-interested-in-slavia-prague-defender-vladimir-coufal\/\" target=\"_self\">Czech right-back Vladimir Coufal from Slavia Prague<\/a> on Friday and he was instrumental at the weekend with an impressive opening performance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Despite leaving it so late on the Premier League&#8217;s allocated deadline day, Porto had the luxury of taking their time over the deal as the Portuguese window does not close for another three weeks, but have now completed the deal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">They have landed Anderson on an initial loan, but an option to make it permanent has not been obligated by the Hammers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">He made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/felipe-anderson\/leistungsdaten\/spieler\/159372\/plus\/0?saison=2019\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">25 appearances<\/a> last season in the Premier League, scoring once and assisting four times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/9c318325\/Jack-Wilshere\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jack Wilshere<\/a> also departed West Ham, having been <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/10\/05\/west-ham-united-release-jack-wilshere\/\" target=\"_self\">released from his contract<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"w5dmyPLyT2BOTp6QaqfuUg\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1228537405\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'w5dmyPLyT2BOTp6QaqfuUg',sig:'nZXJEv4PkePRwhEdQpSYdQ_2XVSOG9Llr5GU7a1xFAQ=',w:'594px',h:'380px',items:'1228537405',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Ham United winger Felipe Anderson has left the Premier League to join Portuguese side Porto on loan until the end of the season. 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