In just under a week, Fabio Carvalho will officially become a Liverpool player. Having seen a January transfer deadline day move to Anfield fail to be ratified in time, it has been a long time coming for the Portugal Under-21s international.
Fortunately that didn’t end the Reds’ interest, with them intending to send the forward back to Fulham on loan for the remainder of the season anyway. Jurgen Klopp was quite open when hinting a summer transfer would follow for the teenager instead when discussing the failed move back in February.
Sure enough, Liverpool would agree a £5m compensation package with the Cottagers for the soon-to-be out-of-contract starlet, with add-ons taking the potential value of the deal to £7.7m. And with his Fulham contract set to expire on June 30, from Friday 1 July, Carvalho will officially be a Red.
