Worrying Liverpool transfer news as PL rivals plot to hijack 'exciting' target who 'Klopp wants'

Manchester United are eyeing up a summer move for rumoured Liverpool transfer target Fabio Carvalho, according to a fresh transfer claim.

The Reds and manager Jurgen Klopp brought in Luis Diaz during the January transfer window and they were also strongly linked with a move for Carvalho.

The 19-year-old has been a star performer for Championship leaders Fulham this season, scoring seven goals and registering five assists.

Pundit Kevin Phillips has even branded Carvalho as ‘exciting’ whilst Fabrizio Romano says the teenage talent is someone ‘Klopp wants’ at Anfield personally.

While Liverpool are expected to return for him at the end of the campaign, a new update suggests acquiring his signature may not be easy.

According to The Daily Star, United are also keen on signing the Englishman, having sent scouts to watch him against Manchester City in the FA Cup fourth round.

The Red Devils are ‘planning a hijack bid’ to sign Liverpool’s target this summer as they eye a ‘last-ditch attempt to stop him heading to Anfield’.

While this is a worrying claim from a Liverpool perspective, the Reds would likely be the more appealing proposition at the moment, with their bitter rivals seemingly in turmoil on and off the pitch, by their past standards.

Carvalho would surely jump at the chance to work under Jurgen Klopp and the fact that he is an advocate of youth means he would likely get a chance to shine, as has been the case with his former Fulham teammate Harvey Elliott.

There was a time when it was United who the young English players wanted to join but the current situation is now very different, which is a testament to the job Klopp has done.

In other news, a foreign source has made a Liverpool transfer claim. Read more here.

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