Liverpool loanee 'to be re-integrated into first team next season'

One of Liverpool's young talents currently out on loan will reportedly be re-integrated into the first team next season.

After a failed stint at RB Leipzig in the first half of the 2023-24 season, Portuguese attacker Fabio Carvalho dropped back down to the Championship to sign for Hull City on a temporary basis.

The 21-year-old, a former Fulham protege, has quickly reignited his stalled career under Liam Rosenior, scoring eight goals in 17 second-tier matches during the Tigers' push for the playoffs.

Rosenior's men are playing catch-up in the top-six race with just three games left to go, though, occupying seventh place in the table with a six-point gap to make up to Norwich City, who have played a game more.

Hull do not possess the option to sign Carvalho on a permanent deal, and the Portugal youth international is therefore due to return to Liverpool, where he is under contract until 2027.

Carvalho was initially enjoying regular game time under Jurgen Klopp before slipping down the German's pecking order, but he will return to Anfield hoping to impress a new head coach.

According to Football Insider, the attacker will be handed opportunities in the first team for the 2024-25 season, rather than being sent out for a third loan in two seasons.

The report adds that Hull would be keen on a permanent deal for Carvalho, but even if they can sneak into the playoffs and earn promotion to the Premier League, they would not be able to afford his signature.

Despite his plateau under Klopp, Liverpool supposedly still believe that the former Fulham man will fulfil his potential on Merseyside, where he arrived for just £5m from Craven Cottage in 2022.

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