Fabio Carvalho from Liverpool has joined Brentford for a possible £27.5 million transfer fee.
The initial £22.5 million of the agreement for the 21-year-old defensive midfield player included a £5 million add-on.
Liverpool’s portion of the deal includes a 17.5% sell-on clause.
Carvalho signed a five-year contract, with Brentford having the option to extend it by one more year. Southampton and Leicester were also interested in signing him.
“Fabio is a player with a lot of qualities,” Brentford boss Thomas Frank said on the club’s official website. “He can play in all of the front three or four positions in a 4-3-3 or a 4-2-3-1. His best position is probably as a No 10 or coming in from the left.
“Offensively, he has great abilities on the ball: he can go past players, slide a pass, create chances and get on the end of chances. He’s a type of player that we don’t have many of in the squad so he will add that something extra for us.”
Carvalho joined Liverpool for £5m in 2022 after breaking through as one of Fulham’s most exciting youth graduates.
He scored 12 goals in 44 appearances for the west London side, most of which were in the Championship during their promotion campaign.
Fulham secured a 20 per cent sell-on clause as part of that transfer, which will be payable from the proceeds of the profit of Carvalho’s move to Brentford.
Carvalho played 21 times for Liverpool, scoring three goals.
He impressed on loan at Hull during the second half of last season – scoring nine goals in 20 Championship games – following a spell at RB Leipzig earlier in the campaign.