With high hopes, RB Leipzig loaned Portuguese offensive player Fábio Carvalho from Liverpool last summer. But now there is a turning point.
In the end it happened very quickly. Immediately before the turn of the year, Bundesliga soccer team RB Leipzig and Liverpool FC ended the loan deal for Fábio Carvalho early.
The Portuguese returns to coach Jürgen Klopp’s club and will most likely be loaned out again immediately. He wasn’t happy in his first six months in Leipzig. Mainly because he was hardly able to show his great talent.
15 appearances for RB – only once over 90 minutes
“Fábio fit in well with us, but ultimately both sides were hoping for a lot more – Fábio, of course, above all, more playing time,” said RB sports director Rouven Schröder on New Year’s Eve. “However, due to the high quality and performance density of our squad in his position, we cannot guarantee him this.”
The 21-year-old played a total of 15 times for RB, and was only allowed to play for 90 minutes in the Champions League duel against Young Boys Bern. Carvalho was unable to record a goal or assist in Leipzig.
He was loaned from Liverpool FC precisely because of his delicate technique and speed, where Klopp has no use for the talent yet. He should play and develop at RB. But that didn’t work. According to reports, the Portuguese was extremely diligent in training, but he couldn’t get past his competitor Xavi Simons, who was also on loan.
Liverpool was already dissatisfied with the situation in late autumn
That made Carvalho dissatisfied and Liverpool FC also didn’t want to accept that their jewel was wasting away on the Leipzig substitute bench. Rumors about an early end to the one-year loan deal arose in late autumn. At first, RB weighed things down and talked about the opportunities Carvalho would still have.
But with the signing of Eljif Elmas as a replacement for Emil Forsberg, who had moved to New York, it was clear to everyone that Carvalho would hardly play after the winter break. The end in Leipzig at the turn of the year was only logical.
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dpa
