‘Poor pick’: Michael Owen rues previous suggestion about Liverpool’s Fabio Carvalho

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Michael Owen has reacted to his start-of-the-season prediction of backing Liverpool’s Fabio Carvalho to be the ‘Young Player of the Season’. 

Liverpool secured the 20-year-old’s talents from newly-promoted Fulham and Owen backed him to become the best youngster in the Premier League for the 2022/23 campaign.

But, upon looking back on his predictions from August, which included backing Luis Diaz to be ‘one watch’, Owen admits it has been a ‘poor pick’, as he told Premier League Productions (22/05/23 at 11:30 pm).

Fabio Carvalho joined with high exceptions on his shoulders and the hope that he would follow in the footsteps of the thriving Harvey Elliott – another highly-rated star who came through via Fulham’s academy.

But, as Jurgen Klopp’s side struggled to produce a title-winning start to the campaign, it didn’t help the cause of Carvalho because even the senior players were struggling around him.

Nonetheless, when looking back on his Carvalho and Diaz predictions, Owen was keen to forget about it.

“Let’s forget about the last two, yeah,” said Owen. “We have had a good season on the Final Word, so forget about those.

“On a serious note, the young talent is probably a poor pick.”

CARVALHO TO LEAVE LIVERPOOL?

The all-action midfielder has played 13 Premier League games this season, scoring two goals, including four appearances in the Champions League.

But given that Carvalho has struggled to get minutes for a side that has major issues in the middle of the park, then it isn’t a surprise that he could leave in the summer.

Given that the Reds are going to look to bolster their midfield anyway with big-money signings, then it’s going to make life even more difficult for Carvalho next term, so it’s best that he does leave on loan.