What 7 people have said about Liverpool-bound Carvalho in 21-22

Carvalho scored his maiden Fulham goal against Southampton in May 2021, although they’d already been relegated by this point, and has kicked on this year in the Championship.

The young attacker has scored 10 goals and provided eight assists as Marco Silva’s side have swept all before them in England’s second-tier and Carvalho’s form has attracted attention from across Europe.

A move to Liverpool fell through in January, but Jurgen Klopp said: “We are still interested – it would be crazy if we were not. It was late, the window closed, it did not work out. We’ll see what happens.”

And the 19-year-old will move to Liverpool this summer, linking up with some of the best players in world football.

We’ve collected the views of seven people – coaches, pundits and supporters – about Carvalho’s performances for Fulham this season and what Liverpool can look forward to.

“Fabio has natural talent, and when you have natural talent, that is the first big step to have a big career and to get to the top,” Silva said in January 2022.

“Fabio has other things that are really important. He comes in every day to work really hard, with the right mindset to learn, and he’s humble.”

And, as Fulham wrapped up the Championship title, Silva said: “I think he has a brilliant career in front of him. He is a top top talent in my opinion.

“There were many clubs around him, a lot of rumours around him, and it was really tough for us to renew his contract. It is not normal for a boy of 19 years old, from the first two months of the season, to have a lot of rumours around him from clubs around Europe.

“He never lost the focus, he let other people take care of it, and he really helped our football club to get promotion, to be champions.

“For a boy of 19