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Liverpool 'in talks over ending Fabio Carvalho's RB Leipzig loan'

Liverpool 'in talks over ending Fabio Carvalho's RB Leipzig loan'
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Liverpool are reportedly in talks with RB Leipzig over terminating Fabio Carvalho's loan deal amid the 21-year-old's lack of minutes with the Bundesliga club.

Liverpool are reportedly in talks with RB Leipzig to terminate Fabio Carvalho's loan agreement with the Bundesliga club.

The 21-year-old struggled for game time under Jurgen Klopp in the second half of season, often to the chagrin of supporters, and was sent to Germany in the hope of earning regular minutes for the first team.

Leipzig have prided themselves on nurturing young talent down the years, but Carvalho has only been a bit-part player for Marco Rose, managing a mere 12 appearances in all competitions.

The Reds loanee is still waiting for his first goal or assist for Leipzig, and he has started just two of those 12 contests, a Bundesliga clash with Borussia Monchengladbach and DFB-Pokal win over Wehen Wiesbaden in September.

Lois Openda, Christoph Baumgartner and in-form Paris Saint-Germain loanee Xavi Simons are all preferred in the attacking third over Carvalho, who is also behind Emil Forsberg and Benjamin Sesko in the pecking order.

Fabio Carvalho in action for Liverpool in August 2022© Reuters

Overall, the former Fulham youngster has only played 257 minutes of competitive football for Die Roten Bullen, although there is hope that he could make just his third start of the season in Wednesday's Champions League clash with BSC Young Boys, as Rose's side are already through to the last 16.

Nevertheless, journalist Fabrizio Romano reports that Liverpool have been left dissatisfied with Carvalho's loan spell in the Bundesliga and have begun discussions to terminate his stay in Germany.

Romano adds that the Reds will soon decide on a course of action with Leipzig, who do not have an option or obligation to make Carvalho's deal permanent at the end of the 2023-24 season.

Carvalho burst onto the scene with Fulham under Marco Silva, playing a pivotal role in the Cottagers' successful promotion charge in the 2021-22 season before joining Liverpool for around £5.1m.

The Portugal Under-21 international hit the ground running at Anfield, winning the Community Shield on his debut and scoring in back-to-back Premier League games against Bournemouth and Newcastle United in August 2022.

Fabio Carvalho celebrates scoring for Liverpool against Manchester City in the EFL Cup on December 22, 2022© Reuters

Carvalho netted his third and most recent Liverpool goal in December's EFL Cup defeat to Manchester City, but following the turn of the New Year, the attacker found senior minutes much harder to come by.

After the World Cup break, Carvalho only played a mere eight minutes of Premier League football, coming off the bench in the dying embers of clashes with Bournemouth and Leicester City.

Back in April, Klopp admitted that Carvalho was "not happy" with his situation at Anfield, but he went on to hail the 21-year-old's "unbelievable" attitude and commitment to training during his stint on the fringes of the team.

The ex-Fulham starlet ended his debut campaign at Liverpool with three goals from 21 appearances in all competitions, and his contract with the Reds runs for another four years.

Carvalho may not be the only Liverpool man recalled from his loan spell, as the Reds are apparently weighing up whether to summon Nat Phillips and Rhys Williams back from Celtic and Aberdeen respectively after Joel Matip was ruled out for the rest of the season with an ACL injury.

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