Fabio Carvalho transfer: Brentford seal £27.5m agreement with Liverpool for exciting attacking midfielder

Brentford secures the signing of Fabio Carvalho from Liverpool in a lucrative transfer deal totaling £27.5m.

The deal for the 21-year-old attacking midfielder is worth an initial £22.5m, with a further £5m in add-ons.

Liverpool have a 17.5 per cent sell-on clause as part of the package.

Southampton and Leicester were among other clubs to have been interested in Carvalho this summer, but he has opted to join Thomas Frank's side ahead of the 2024/25 season.

Carvalho joined Liverpool for £5m in 2022 after breaking through as one of Fulham's most exciting youth graduates.

He scored 12 goals in 44 appearances for the west London side, most of which were in the Championship during their promotion campaign.

Fulham secured a 20 per cent sell-on clause as part of that transfer, which will be payable from the proceeds of the profit of Carvalho's move to Brentford.

Carvalho played 21 times for Liverpool, scoring three goals.

He impressed on loan at Hull during the second half of last season - scoring nine goals in 20 Championship games - following a spell at RB Leipzig earlier in the campaign.