Fulham won’t be selling teenage sensation Fabio Carvalho in January, head coach Marco Silva has confirmed this afternoon.
Frenzied press speculation had suggested that Liverpool were lining up a £5m move for the nineteen year-old, who has six months to run on his current contract at Craven Cottage, and has sparkled for the Championship leaders this season. But speaking at his pre-match press conference ahead of tomorrow’s meeting with Blackpool, Silva insisted that Carvalho would remain with the Cottagers until the end of the season and that he hadn’t given up hope of persuading the player that his long-term future remained in west London.
“It is completely out of plans for Fabio to leave the club in this window. All of us have one focus, and that is to be successful at the end of the season. We started together and we go on until the end. One or two players can leave, to play more, like what happened with Cyrus Christie. But the most important players in our squad, the others that are behind them, they will be with us until the end of the season. Fabio is one of them.
“I know the last season for Fabio wasn’t easy, maybe he had some more expectations to play and be involved in the football matches with the first team. This season, I realised the quality that he has. We gave him a chance. He’s performing really well. It’s not a surprise for me that many clubs are interested in Fabio, following him or linked with him. Because we are talking about a young football player with a big talent. I’ve been trying to keep him since the first day. I know that the situation isn’t easy for us. Unfortunately he’s in the last year of his contract. It’s what it is, it is the reality.”
Let’s get promoted and hopefully get him to sign a two year contract as playing in the premiership will do him no harm at all,he will gain invaluable experience during that time and even after one season if the fat cats want him let them pay a decent amount of money to get him.Out of the clubs mentioned regarding buying why on earth would he go to Southampton?
Really good news Marco COYW
Keep him this season and hope e can get him to sign a contract when promoted. If we have to let him go perhaps we can get a loan back for next season
If hes not wanting to sign a new deal, let him go sooner rather than later, tie down Jasper to a decent deal and bring him into the first team
Glad Silva sees it the same as me. Absolutely no value in flogging him at the end of the window when he’s so pivotal to our promotion hopes. Very happy to play hard ball with Liverpool after they screwed us with Harvey Elliott.
Hopefully, Fab realises that he won’t be as a critical to a team as he is here and that he can develop in the Premier League here without the pressure there would be elsewhere. I’m sure he respects Silva so that should work in our favour as well.
After his present contract is up, Fulham should offer him a decent 2 year deal that would appeal to both Fabio and his agent. He’ll be in the premier league anyway!