OFFICIAL: Fábio Carvalho joins Hull City on loan until end of the season from Liverpool
The club statement:
Hull City are delighted to confirm the signing of attacking midfielder Fábio Carvalho on loan from Premier League side Liverpool.
The skilful 21-year-old, who has Championship promotion-winning experience and played in the Premier League, Bundesliga and Champions League, joins the Tigers for the rest of the 2023/24 season.
The creative forward has made 21 appearances for the Reds – winning the Community Shield and scoring against AFC Bournemouth, Newcastle United and Manchester City – since signing from Fulham in July 2022.
Carvalho’s exceptional form in his final season at Craven Cottage earned him a place in the PFA Team of the Year, recording 19 goal contributions as Marco Silva’s Whites clinched the second-tier title.
Shortlisted for the 2022 European Golden Boy award, he spent the first half of this season on loan in Germany with RB Leipzig, featuring 15 times and lifting the DFL-Supercup on debut.
The former England youth international has won four caps for his native Portugal at Under-21s level, netting two and assisting two.
Head coach Liam Rosenior said: “I couldn’t be happier. Everyone is aware of Fábio’s ability, his qualities as a young player.
“I have to give Acun and Tan so much credit for the work they’ve done to bring him here. We’re building a reputation, not just in England but in Europe, for the way we develop players. Our style of play and ambition are really important factors in attracting players to the club.
“Fábio is excited to be coming here and I’m delighted to be working with him to the end of the season. Technically, he’s outstanding. He can assist, score and run in behind. He’s brave, quick, very balanced and takes the ball.
“The reason he’s at Liverpool is because he’s got enormous potential and I can’t thank them enough for trusting us; Liverpool have seen the work we’ve done with Tyler Morton.
“Fábio’s got the ability to make a real impact on our season and get us to where we want to be.”
Welcome, Fábio!
The 21-year old travelled to Hull on Monday ahead of medical tests and, with everything now agreed, is looking forward to starting the next stage of his career.
Liverpool chose the Championship side as they see regular game time as paramount to the Portuguese forward's development.
They curtailed his loan spell with Red Bull Leipzig because he wasn't getting enough minutes and his return signalled a flurry of enquiries from his former club Fulham, plus Wolves, Leeds United, Leicester City and Southampton who made a particularly strong pitch for his services.
However, the style in which Hull play under Liam Rosenior and the progression made of club mate Tyler Morton while on loan there, convinced Liverpool that the MKM Stadium was the best destination.
Hull, who are seventh in the Championship, face Norwich City on Friday as they look to continue their push for promotion.
Carvalho joined Liverpool in the summer of 2022 and made 21 appearances in his first season at the club.
However, he only made eight starts and spent most of the campaign as an unused substitute.
He made 15 appearances with RB Leipzig, but only started one Bundesliga game.