Liverpool sends Markovic on loan to Fenerbahce

Liverpool's Lazar Markovic, left, will join Fenerbahce for the rest of the season. (Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP)

LIVERPOOL, England — Liverpool has sent Serbia winger Lazar Markovic on loan to Turkish club Fenerbahce for the rest of the season.

The 21-year-old Markovic cost Liverpool 20 million pounds ($31 million) when he was signed from Benfica in the summer of 2014 but hasn’t established himself in the first team.

Liverpool announced the loan move on Sunday.

Fenerbahce also signed Robin van Persie this summer from Manchester United.

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