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Jonathan Gorrie

Fabio Carvalho: Brentford seal move for Liverpool forward as latest summer signing

Brentford have completed the signing of Liverpool forward Fabio Carvalho.

The Bees agreed a £27.5million deal with the Anfield giants over the weekend. The 21-year-old has signed a five-year contract, with the option to extend for a further season.

Reports suggest the package includes a number of easily-achievable incentives and a 17.5 percent sell-on clause.

However, as part of the £5m deal which took the Portuguese to Anfield in 2022, former club Fulham are due 20 percent of the fee the Bees are paying.

Brentford boss Thomas Frank said: “Fabio is a player with a lot of qualities. He can play in all of the front three or four positions in a 4-3-3 or a 4-2-3-1. His best position is probably as a no.10 or coming in from the left.

"Offensively, he has great abilities on the ball: he can go past players, slide a pass, create chances and get on the end of chances. He's a type of player that we don't have many of in the squad so he will add that something extra for us.

"His ability and mentality to work hard in the pressure is also very, very good. That's along with him ticking all the boxes from a cultural perspective and being the right character.”

Carvalho spent last season out on loan at first RB Leipzig and then Hull, scoring nine goals in 20 Championship games for the latter.

Brentford have already moved to strengthen their squad this summer through the club-record signing of Brazilian forward Igor Thiago.

The striker, however, was dealt a cruel blow during pre-season and required surgery on a meniscus injury, which will rule him out of action until the end of 2024.

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