£27.5m for “very clever footballer” looks like an underrated piece of Liverpool transfer business – opinion

Liverpool may have had a quiet summer in the transfer window, but perhaps one deal that’s gone a little under the radar is getting £27.5million for Fabio Carvalho as he left to join Brentford.

The Portuguese attacking midfielder had been highly rated for some time, ever since he first broke through at Fulham a few years ago, though it’s clear that he was just a bit of a flash in the pan as he struggled badly at Anfield.

Carvalho had the chance to try to revive his fortunes with loan spells at RB Leipzig and Hull City...