Brentford has signed Fábio Carvalho from Liverpool on a five-year deal, with a one-year membership possibility.
The attacking midfielder performed 21 instances for the Reds since becoming a member of in 2022. He carried out nicely for Arne Slot’s aspect throughout their pre-season tour of the USA this summer time, scoring in wins over Arsenal and Manchester United.
Carvalho joined the Reds after breaking via throughout the opposite aspect of west London with Fulham, as he netted 10 objectives and recorded eight assists as a 19-year-old of their Championship promotion-winning marketing campaign in 2021/22.
Mortgage spells final season with RB Leipzig within the Bundesliga and Hull Metropolis within the Championship adopted; it was on the latter the place he actually impressed, as he scored 9 instances in 20 video games on the finish of the marketing campaign.
On the signing, Brentford head coach Thomas Frank mentioned: “Fábio is a participant with plenty of qualities. He can play in the entire entrance three or 4 positions in a 4-3-3 or a 4-2-3-1. His finest place might be as a no.10 or coming in from the left.
“Offensively, he has nice skills on the ball: he can go previous gamers, slide a cross, create possibilities and get on the tip of possibilities. He is a kind of participant that we do not have lots of within the squad so he’ll add that one thing further for us.
“His skill and mentality to work arduous within the strain can also be very, superb. That is together with him ticking all of the containers from a cultural perspective and being the suitable character. So we’re more than happy to see him are available and push the group ahead.”
Carvalho was born in Portugal, the place he was in Benfica’s youth academy, earlier than a transfer to London along with his household on the age of 11.
He performed for Balham earlier than being signed by Fulham in 2015, the place he broke via into the primary group throughout their 2020/21 marketing campaign as an 18-year-old. He scored his first objective in a 3-1 defeat to Southampton, earlier than the Cottagers have been relegated later that season.
The attacking midfielder made 36 Championship appearances the next time period, recording 18 objective contributions, as Fulham received the division.
After that unbelievable season as a teen within the second tier, a transfer to FA and EFL Cup winners Liverpool adopted, as he performed 21 video games and scored three objectives in his first 12 months on the membership, together with a last-minute winner towards Newcastle United at Anfield.
He joined RB Leipzig on mortgage initially of final season, earlier than he was recalled having performed 9 Bundesliga video games for the German outfit; Hull then signed him for the second half of the marketing campaign, when he netted 9 objectives in 20 video games, because the Tigers narrowly missed out on the play-offs.
Carvalho performed all three of Liverpool’s video games on their pre-season tour of America and scored towards Arsenal and Manchester United.