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Exclusive: Hull City’s Liverpool loanee Fabio Carvalho might be humble and grounded but he dreams of being their main man at Wembley

The son of a plumber and a committed Christian who moved to this country from Portugal as a primary schoolchild unable to speak any English, Fabio Carvalho is humble and grounded.

Eighteen months on from the pivotal role in Fulham’s Championship title

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which earnt his move to Liverpool, ambitious Hull loaned Carvalho in January to be a difference-maker in their Premier League push. Usually out wide or on the bench at Liverpool and on loan at RB Leipzig in the first half of the season, he normally plays centrally at Hull, scoring four goals in 11 games. He might only be 21, but chairman/owner Acun Ilicali asked him to be a leader.

It feels good having that pressure on a matchday.,” he says. “You know the result might depend on what you do on the pitch and it’s just a great feeling.”

Carvalho seemed to find a magic formula in his final Craven Cottage season and felt it again when he heard Hull’s sales pitch.

Believe in him, it seems, and you will be generously repaid.

“It’s so important knowing the manager has your back, regardless of what you do, who knows what you’re capable of, what you’re good at – a manager that can help you every day. It allows me to make sure I’m playing football I want to play and that I think is best to help the team. You’re just more relaxed, you’re not tense and you play with freedom. It just comes naturally then.

“I was driving back from my agent’s office and Tyler Morton (also on loan at Hull from Liverpool) messaged me and Mika (Jean Michael Seri, his old Fulham team-mate) called me. Tyler told me the gaffer wanted to speak to me and it was such a good club. Then Mika called and said the exact same thing. They wouldn’t lie to me.