Fix: RB Leipzig loan Liverpool talent Fabio Carvalho with no option to buy

Without purchase option

The Portuguese U21 international Fábio Carvalho will spend the coming season in the Bundesliga as expected. RB Leipzig officially confirmed the loan of the 20-year-old offensive talent from Liverpool. This is scheduled for one year and, according to consistent media reports, does not include a purchase option. The Saxons are said to have previously asked Carvalho to stay longer – but the Reds refused. At the end of May there was also an offer for a permanent transfer, also without success.

Under coach Jürgen Klopp, after his transfer, Carvalho received training compensation of 5.9 million euros, which Fulham FC received a year ago, at the beginning of the season. Recently, however, he was hardly on the field. In the Premier League alone, there were just two brief appearances in the current calendar year. Ultimately, there are 637 minutes in 21 games across all competitions, which is an average of 30 minutes per game. In addition, its market value fell from EUR 20 million to EUR 16 million. When asked about Carvalho at the end of the season, Klopp said that he was “a kind of role model” for how he was dealing with the situation.

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Luca Waldschmidt VfL Wolfsburg -> 1. FC Cologne | Market value: €3 million

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Loan with option to buy
(In this gallery, arrivals and departures are taken into account and listed according to market value or transfer fee, whichever is higher. As of June 28, 2023)

Robin Hack | Bielefeld -> Gladbach | Market value: €3 million

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Transfer fee: €1.1 million

Ron Schallenberg | Paderborn -> Schalke | Market value: €3 million

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Transfer fee: €2 million

Jordan Larson | Schalke -> Copenhagen | Market value: €3 million

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Transfer fee: €2 million

Philip Max | PSV -> Frankfurt | Market value: €3 million

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Transfer fee: EUR 1.9 million (purchase option)

Patrick Pfeiffer | Darmstadt -> Augsburg | Market value: €3 million

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Ondrej Duda | 1. FC Cologne -> Hellas Verona | Market value: €3.4 million

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Transfer fee: €2.7 million (obligatory purchase)

Tim Breithaupt Karlsruher SC -> FC Augsburg | Market value: €3.5 million

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Transfer fee: €2.5 million

Tom Rothe | BVB -> Holstein Kiel | Market value: €3.5 million

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Josep Martinez | RB Leipzig -> Genoa CFC | Transfer fee: €3.5 million

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Market value: €3.5 million (purchase option)

Dawid Kovnacki | F. Dusseldorf -> Werder | Market value: €3.5 million

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Paulo Otavio | Wolfsburg -> Al Sadd SC | Market value: €4 million

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Omar Alderete | Hertha BSC -> Getafe | Market value: €4 million

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Transfer fee: €4 million

Can Bozdogan | Schalke -> Utrecht | Market value: €4.5 million

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Transfer fee: €1 million

Cédric Zesiger | Young Boys -> Wolfsburg | Market value: €5.5 million

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Transfer fee: €5 million

Julian Chabot | Sampdoria -> 1. FC Cologne | Market value: €5.5 million

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Transfer fee: €2.5 million (purchase option)

Omar Marmoush | Wolfsburg -> Entry Frankfurt | Market value: €6 million

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Florian Grillitsch | Ajax -> Hoffenheim | Market value: €6.5 million

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Santiago Ascacíbar | Hertha -> Estudiantes | Market value: €6.5 million

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Transfer fee: €2.5 million (purchase option)

Alex Kral | Spartak -> Union | Market value: €7 million

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Free loan (FIFA special transfer regulation)

Arthur | America FC -> Bayer 04 | Transfer fee: €7 million

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Market value: €5 million

Moritz Jenz FC Lorient -> Wolfsburg | Transfer fee: €8 million

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Market value: €7.5 million

Junior Adamu | RB Salzburg -> SC Freiburg | Market value: €8 million

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Transfer fee: €6 million

Ansgar Knauff | BVB -> E. Frankfurt | Market value: €8 million

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Transfer fee: €5 million

Vaclav Cerny | Twente -> Wolfsburg | Transfer fee: €8 million

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Market value: €8 million

Angelo Fulgini | Mainz 05 -> RC Lens | Market value: €9 million

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Transfer fee: €7.2 million (obligatory purchase)

Hugo Larson | Malmo FF -> E. Frankfurt | Market value: €9 million

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Transfer fee: €9 million

Julian Weigl | Benfica -> Gladbach | Market value: €10 million

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Transfer fee: €7.2 million

Junior Dina Ebimbe | PSG -> Frankfurt | Market value: €10 million

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Transfer fee: €6.5 million

Willian Pacho | Royal Antwerp -> E. Frankfurt | Market value: €11 million

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Transfer fee: €9 million

Mahmoud Dahoud | BVB -> Brighton | Market value: €12 million

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Amine Harit | Schalke -> Ol. Marseille | Market value: €12 million

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Transfer fee: €5 million (purchase obligation)

Naby Keïta | Liverpool -> Werder | Market value: €12 million

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Mark Flekken | SC Freiburg -> Brentford | Transfer fee: €13 million

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Market value: €10 million

Serhou Guirassy | Rennes -> VfB Stuttgart | Market value: €14 million

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Transfer fee: €9m (purchase option)

Stefan Posch | Hoffenheim -> Bologna | Market value: €14 million

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Transfer fee: €5 million (purchase option)

Diogo Leite | Postage -> Union | Market value: €15 million

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Transfer fee: €7.5 million (purchase option)

Jordan Beyer | Gladbach -> Burnley | Market value: €16 million

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Transfer fee: €15 million (purchase option)

Fabio Carvalho | Liverpool -> RB Leipzig | Market value: €16 million

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Ramy Bensebaini | Gladbach -> BVB | Market value: €20 million

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Raphael Guerreiro | BVB -> Bayern Munich | Market value: €20 million

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free transfer

Nicolas Seiwald RB Salzburg -> RB Leipzig | Transfer fee: €20 million

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Market value: €20 million

Benjamin Sesko | RB Salzburg -> RB Leipzig | Transfer fee: €24 million

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Market value: €24 million

Christoph Baumgartner Hoffenheim -> RB Leipzig | Transfer fee: €24 million

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Market value: €24 million

Alejandro Grimaldo | Benfica -> Bayer 04 | Market value: €25 million

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Kevin Shame | SC Freiburg -> FC Brentford | Transfer fee: €25 million

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Market value: €25 million (obligatory purchase)

Konrad Laimer | RB Leipzig -> FC Bayern | Market value: €28 million

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free transfer

Evan Ndicka | Frankfurt -> AS Roma | Market value: €28 million

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free transfer

Christopher Nkunku | RB Leipzig -> Chelsea | Market value: €80 million

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Transfer fee: €60 million

Jew Bellingham | BVB -> Real Madrid | Market value: €120 million

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Transfer fee: €103 million

In Leipzig he should now collect more playing time. Carvalho has played in almost every position in midfield and attack in his career, including youth, since 2017/18 – but most often in attacking midfield (70 times). With Christopher Nkunku (25; Chelsea), a player with a similar profile left RB this summer, but has already been replaced with Christoph Baumgartner (23; Hoffenheim) and Benjamin Sesko (20; Leipzig). Whether it is enough for a regular place at Carvalho is viewed with skepticism in the TM community.

In the past, Leipzig had made deals similar to those with Carvalho and Liverpool with Arsenal and Emile Smith Rowe, as well as Ethan Ampadu and Chelsea. However, both of them hardly got a chance at the Bundesliga side.

RB Leipzig’s Eberl on Carvalho: “An outstanding talent”

Carvalho explained: “It’s a big step for me as a young player to move from England to the Bundesliga and RB Leipzig. I’m joining a team that is very strong and has been very successful in recent years. I would now like to help build on that and am really looking forward to this new challenge. My aim is to play as much as possible – in the league, in the cup and especially in the UEFA Champions League. RB Leipzig is committed to giving young players that opportunity and that’s why the club is perfect for me to be able to develop further.”

Sport Managing Director Max Eberl added: “Fábio Carvalho is an outstanding talent – not least the commitment by Liverpool FC shows that. Fábio is fast, agile, tricky and creative. He looks for the conclusion himself or can put his teammates in the limelight perfectly. Fábio will get the necessary acclimatization time with us to be able to settle in a new country and in a new club. And then we are very happy to be able to further enrich our offensive game with him and to have even more options.”

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