Fulham are fighting to keep hold of Fabio Carvalho and have not given up hope of tying the teenager to a long-term deal at Craven Cottage, according to the Evening Standard.

The nineteen year-old, who scored on his first senior start for Fulham last season, has established himself as one of the country’s brightest young talents by starring as the Whites have stormed to the top of the Championship. Carvalho took his goal tally to eight in seventeen games with a goal at Stoke on Saturday and is being monitored by the likes of Liverpool, Leeds, Southampton and West Ham as well as leading clubs across Europe.

The England youth international rejected Fulham’s offer of a new deal last year and, with his current contract expiring at the end of this season, he had been widely tipped to move to pastures new. But Fulham believe they can persuade him to remain with the club that has nurtured his development since the age of twelve by offering the prospect of Premier League football next term and building on the strong bond the youngster has built with head coach Marco Silva, Luis Boa Morte and several members of the first team squad.

Fulham have already insisted that they won’t do a deal in the closing days of the January transfer window and hope that the club’s strong league position and the promise of regular first-team football will make them an attractive proposition as Carvalho considers his future.