Brentford supervisor Thomas Frank has praised Fabio Carvalho’s “nice skills” and advised he’ll use the winger as a quantity 10 after signing the 21-year-old from Liverpool for £27.5 million plus potential add-ons.
The Reds rejected a £15m bid from Southampton for Carvalho after his second aim of their US tour earlier this month however have now accomplished a take care of the Bees for a participant who Frank envisages doubtlessly enjoying throughout his frontline.
“Offensively, he has nice skills on the ball,” Frank instructed Brentford’s web site. “He can go previous gamers, slide a move, create possibilities and get on the tip of possibilities.
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“His finest place might be as a quantity 10 or coming in from the left. He’s a sort of participant that we don’t have a lot of within the squad so he’ll add that one thing additional for us.
“His capacity and mentality to work onerous within the strain can be very, excellent. That’s together with him ticking all of the containers from a cultural perspective and being the best character. We’re more than happy to see him are available in and push the crew ahead.”
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Carvalho joined Liverpool from Fulham in July 2022 for £5m plus add-ons, scoring his first aim in a 9-0 residence win over Bournemouth the next month.
He made 21 appearances and scored three targets in his first season however solely performed thrice within the Premier League for a complete of 11 minutes after mid-October.
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A season-long mortgage to RB Leipzig adopted in 2023/24, though Carvalho returned to Liverpool in December, having performed 15 instances for the Bundesliga facet.
Championship membership Hull Metropolis then signed him on mortgage, for whom Carvalho produced 9 targets and two assists in 20 matches.
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Carvalho: Liverpool pre-season ‘superb’
Carvalho scored the opening aim of Liverpool’s 3-0 win towards Manchester United in South Carolina on August 4, persevering with his promising kind after netting in a 2-1 win over Arsenal in Philadelphia three days earlier.
“It’s simply good to get some minutes,” Carvalho mentioned of enjoying on Liverpool’s US tour. “For younger gamers like myself – and among the even youthful lads – it’s superb and what you wish to be a part of. Everybody has received an opportunity to impress and we’ll simply go from there.”
Brentford’s Premier League opener is at residence to Crystal Palace on Sunday (2pm). They then go to Liverpool of their first away recreation on August 25 (4.30pm).
