Liverpool swept the rug from under the transfer window on Monday night as they pulled out off a coup out of nowhere with the signing of Brazil midfielder Fabinho from AS Monaco.
The 25-year-old has been seemingly linked to every club under the sun after the mini-exodus at Monaco last season saw Kylian Mbappe, Tiemoue Bakayoko, Bernardo Silva and Benjamin Mendy all leave the principality.
Now he joins an already high-octane Liverpool side – catch up with all of Sport360’s analysis on the move below.
Brendon Netto has been contemplating how Jurgen Klopp will incorporate the all-action midfielder into his ‘heavy metal’ system – and he may even decide on a change of formation. He also speculates that his arrival may give Mohamed Salah the freedom of a Cristiano Ronaldo.
Nabil Fekir and Alisson are also being tracked by the Reds and we’ve dreamed up exactly how the Champions League finalists may look this season. It’s pretty exciting.
Elsewhere, Aditya Devavrat takes a statistical deep dive into what made Fabinho such a hot property during his last two seasons with Monaco. The good news is that he’s not afraid of creating chances.
And if you like your analysis in video format, check out some of the key facts here.
Fabinho himself – and his happy new manager – have also had their say.
The former Monaco man wants to follow in the footsteps of Roberto Firmino, and he also admits that he wouldn’t mind if Fekir follows in his own.
Klopp has also given his thumbs up to the £43 million move, with the German positively beaming about the fact that his new star can ‘play ‘6’, ‘8’ and ‘2’. This is cool‘.
