Brentford have completed the signing of Fabio Carvalho from Liverpool in a transfer potentially worth up to £27.5million.
The Bees will pay an initial £22.5m plus a potential £5m in add-ons for the 21-year-old attacking midfielder, who has struggled for minutes since his 2022 arrival at Anfield.
Carvalho enjoyed a breakout campaign with Fulham as they romped to the Championship title in 2021-22, scoring 10 goals in 36 league outings for Marco Silva s side.
He then joined Liverpool in a £5m deal but only made 21 appearances for the Reds overall, enjoying loan spells with RB Leipzig and Hull City in the last two seasons.
Carvalho has signed a five-year contract with Thomas Frank s Bees, with Liverpool also retaining a 17.5% sell-on clause as part of the deal.
Red and white suits you, Fábio
— Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC)
Frank told Brentford s website of the deal: Fabio is a player with a lot of qualities. He can play in all the front three or four positions in a 4-3-3 or a 4-2-3-1.
His best position is probably as a number 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. We re very pleased to see him come in and push the team forward.
Carvalho – who was capped up to under-18 level by England before switching allegiance to Portugal to represent their under-21 side – is Brentford s second major signing ahead of 2024-25, after they spent €33m (£28m) to sign Club Brugge forward Igor Thiago.
