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– Liverpool have signed Fabio Carvalho from Fulham with the forward set to officially join on 1 July.
– The 19-year-old played a key role in the Cottagers’ promotion to the Premier League, scoring 10 goals and providing eight assists.
– The clubs agreed a fee for a move in January but the deal collapsed on deadline day.
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– Carvalho signs a five-year deal for a fee of £5m, with a further £2.7m in add-ons.
We can confirm Fabio Carvalho will join the club this summer.
The 19-year-old forward will officially complete a switch to the Reds on July 1 🙌
— Liverpool FC (@LFC) May 23, 2022
– Fulham also have a 20% sell-on clause.
– Carvalho played for England at youth level but made his Portugal Under-21 debut in March.
– He came through the Fulham academy and was nominated for EFL Young Player of the Season, which was won by Nottingham Forest’s Brennan Johnson.
– “Fabio is a great talent and we did everything we could trying to secure him here on a longer deal so he could play in the Premier League with Fulham,” said club owner Tony Khan.
– “That didn’t prove possible, but we were able to keep him for the remainder of the Championship-winning campaign and for that I know he will always be very fondly remembered by our fans.”
