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Fabinho Snubbed 4 Other Top Clubs to Join Liverpool, Says Brother-in-Law

Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United,Manchester City andJuventus were all interested in Fabinho, but he turned them down to join Liverpool, according to his brother-in-law, Ricardo Assis.

The Brazilian joined Liverpool in the summer of 2018 for £39 million from Monaco.

According to Assis, numerous other top clubs were interested in Fabinho, but Reds manager Jurgen Klopp played a key role in ensuring he picked Liverpool, per Caio Carrieri of the Telegraph (h/t MailOnline's Matt Porter):

"Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United, Manchester City, and Juventus also talked to his agent, but it was Liverpool that made all the effort to sign him.