Sources: Big update on Fabio Carvalho's Liverpool future after latest
Liverpool are not planning to loan out Fabio Carvalho next season despite his recent absence from the team, sources have told Football Insider.
There have been calls from some pundits, including ex-Reds star Jose Enrique, for the attacking midfielder, 20, to join up with a new side next term to accelerate his development.
Carvalho has had just three minutes of Premier League game time since October and has failed to even make the matchday squad in recent weeks.
But it is believed that Liverpool are not looking to loan out the Portugese in the next campaign even though his only appearances since the mid-season resumption have been in the domestic cup competitions.
The rising star has broadly played as much this term as the club's coaches anticipated when he was signed from Fulham last summer in a deal costing about £5million.
He has made 18 senior appearances in total, including four Premier League starts and one start in the Champions League.
Liverpool's plan was always to phase Carvalho in gradually while he got accustomed to their style of play and the higher demands at a club playing in top-level competitions and where expectation is always huge.
He made a strong impression in the autumn with Premier League goals against Bournemouth and Newcastle, the latter a last-minute winner, as well as an EFL Cup strike against Man City in late December.
Generally used in a wide forward role at Liverpool, Carvalho has demonstrated great composure at times but also appeared rather lightweight.
His fellow youngsters Harvey Elliott and Stefan Bajcetic are currently well ahead of the Portugese in the first-team pecking order.