{"id":568849,"date":"2020-10-06T20:09:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T00:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=568849"},"modified":"2020-10-06T20:09:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T00:09:51","slug":"liverpool-midfielder-marko-grujic-joins-porto-on-season-long-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/10\/06\/liverpool-midfielder-marko-grujic-joins-porto-on-season-long-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Midfielder Marko Grujic Joins Porto on Season-Long Loan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/clubs\/liverpool\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liverpool<\/a> midfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/8b8e759d\/Marko-Grujic\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marko Grujic<\/a> has joined <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Porto\" target=\"_self\">Porto<\/a> on a season-long loan. There is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_pauljoyce\/status\/1313592408022683649\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">no obligation to buy<\/a> for the Portuguese club.<\/p>\n<h2>Porto Loan for Marko Grujic Could Spell End of Liverpool Career<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Marko Grujic has joined <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FCPorto?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@FCPorto<\/a> in a season-long loan deal.<\/p>\n<p>All the best, Marko \ud83d\ude4c<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Liverpool FC (@LFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LFC\/status\/1313592376489922560?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>Grujic is Yet to Cement a Place in Klopp&#8217;s Plans Despite Five Years at the Club<\/h3>\n<p>Although there is no obligation to buy in the deal, Grujic&#8217;s time at Merseyside is most likely coming to an end.<\/p>\n<p>Since joining in 2016, the Serbian has barely featured under Jurgen Klopp &#8211; although he did score in Liverpool&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/54190675\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">7-2 rout<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Lincoln+City\" target=\"_self\">Lincoln City<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Carabao+Cup\" target=\"_self\">Carabao Cup<\/a> earlier this season.<\/p>\n<p>Grujic spent the last two seasons on loan at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Hertha+Berlin\" target=\"_self\">Hertha Berlin<\/a>. His spell in the German capital was successful, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/marko-grujic\/leistungsdatenverein\/spieler\/222813\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">scoring nine goals<\/a> in 54 appearances.<\/p>\n<p>A permanent move to the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/bundesliga\/\" target=\"_self\">Bundesliga<\/a> was on the cards on deadline day. However, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/theathletic.com\/news\/liverpool-transfer-marko-grujic-porto\/lNsM0RsdbHCm\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Athletic<\/a>, a transfer to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Werder+Bremen\" target=\"_self\">Werder Bremen<\/a> had failed to materialise.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool also failed to sell the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/6421ec64\/Xherdan-Shaqiri\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Xherdan Shaqiri<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/c6dc9ecd\/Harry-Wilson\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Harry Wilson<\/a> in this transfer window. This left the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/premier-league\/\" target=\"_self\">Premier League<\/a> champions with 18 non-homegrown senior players available. Only 17 are allowed in both the Premier League and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/category\/champions-league\/\" target=\"_self\">Champions League<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, Porto were able to secure Grujic&#8217;s services on a temporary basis. The Portuguese transfer window remains open for another three weeks.<\/p>\n<h3>Champions League Football on Offer for Grujic<\/h3>\n<p>A move to Porto will give Grujic the chance to play Champions League football. The two-time European champions <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/10\/01\/uefa-champions-league-group-stage-draw-in-full\/\" target=\"_self\">are in Group C<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Manchester+City\" target=\"_self\">Manchester City<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Marseille\" target=\"_self\">Marseille<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Olympiakos\" target=\"_self\">Olympiakos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Should Grujic impress with the 29-time <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?s=Primeira+Liga\" target=\"_self\">Primeira Liga<\/a> champions, then there is still a possibility Klopp will give him a chance next season.<\/p>\n<p>However, at 24, Grujic can no longer be considered &#8220;young&#8221; &#8211; and it may be time to seek new pastures for the playmaker.<\/p>\n<p>He is set to join his new teammates after the international break.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<br \/>\n<a id=\"SUVLn1WgQfJ2cEdcQX5uBQ\" 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\/1228694042\" 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:'SUVLn1WgQfJ2cEdcQX5uBQ',sig:'Mgni-4oB9z2SqKB3yxMMKuOQgBiK7t0rppTT7PFR2d4=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1228694042',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>Liverpool midfielder Marko Grujic has joined Porto on a season-long loan. There is no obligation to buy for the Portuguese club. Porto Loan for Marko Grujic Could Spell End of Liverpool Career Marko Grujic has joined @FCPorto in a season-long loan deal. All the best, Marko \ud83d\ude4c \u2014 Liverpool FC (@LFC) October 6, 2020 Grujic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3590,"featured_media":568852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,28],"tags":[1118,541,126,95,1375,40,368,270,136],"class_list":["post-568849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-liverpool","category-transfers","tag-fc-porto","tag-hertha-berlin","tag-jurgen-klopp","tag-liverpool","tag-marko-grujic","tag-premier-league","tag-primeira-liga","tag-werder-bremen","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Jordan Hackett, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3590"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}