Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has told the club’s official website that he knows that Fabio Carvalho is not happy at the moment.
Klopp has said that Carvalho does not show at all that he is not happy, but the Liverpool manager can sense it.
The German boss made the comments while explaining why the 20-year-old, who can operate as a winger or as an attacking midfielder, is not playing much at the moment.
The former Fulham youngster has made four starts and seven substitute appearances in the Premier League for Liverpool, so far this season.
Carvalho has scored two goals in those games.
The Liverpool no. 28 has also scored one goal in two Carabao Cup games this campaign.
The £32,000-a-week (SalaySport) has made one start and two substitute appearances in the UEFA Champions League and has played once in the FA Cup for the Merseyside club so far this campaign.
Jurgen Klopp on Liverpool’s Fabio Carvalho
Klopp said: “Fabio is a very young player as well, big talent, absolutely, played well for us in a couple of games.
“Now it’s a situation we have to make a squad and he couldn’t make it for the last one – that’s how it is, that’s the truth, didn’t play too often because, from my point of view, we needed different skills when we started or when we changed during the games.
“That’s pretty much all, he did nothing wrong, he improved a lot, he developed a lot, he’s a good kid and he’s in the middle of the group, in the middle of the team.
“That’s all fine but obviously [he’s] not in a happy place in the moment – I cannot see that in the pitch, or when I see him, it’s not really obvious, but I can imagine because he’s a footballer [and] he wants to play and didn’t play often enough.
“That doesn’t help a lot but that’s another thing in a long career [that] you have to go through. For me, it looks in the moment that he takes it as good as somehow possible.”
Staying patient
In our view, Fabio Carvalho should stay patient and continue to work hard in Liverpool training.
Let us not forget that the Portugal Under-21 international is only 20 now.
How many 20-year-old players are turning out week in and week out for top clubs in the Premier League or in mainland Europe?
We believe that the young attacker should stay patient and should not get frustrated.
His time will come.
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