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title: "Liverpool: Fans wax lyrical about Fabinho"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/reds-anfield-fabinho-monaco-brazil/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "jonathan radcliffe"
section: "Liverpool Football Club"
published: "2020-05-19T11:50:22Z"
modified: "2020-05-19T11:50:22Z"
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# Liverpool: Fans wax lyrical about Fabinho

**Liverpool’s Fabinho has grown into one of the very best players in the world at Anfield.**

Gary Neville called the Brazil international the best defensive midfielder on the planet in September of last year (Sky Sports [via Metro](https://metro.co.uk/2019/09/17/gary-neville-names-fabinho-premier-leagues-best-defensive-midfielder-10756617/)) and it is hard to argue with him. The Reds won [every single Premier League game](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fabinho/leistungsdaten/spieler/225693) with him in the starting XI up until he was forced off injured against Napoli in the Champions League, and there were [serious worries](https://www.liverpool.com/liverpool-fc-news/features/liverpool-jurgen-klopp-fabinho-cup-17857743) that the Reds would struggle without the 26-year-old in the middle of the park.

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In all fairness, they continued to conquer all of those who came before them, but that should not take away from the importance of the [£50.4m-valued](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fabinho/marktwertverlauf/spieler/225693) man, as per Transfermarkt. The Liverpool fans themselves are clearly fond of the former AS Monaco man going by the comments on a [tweet](https://twitter.com/empireofthekop/status/1262340949952299008) from the Empire of the Kop Twitter page – one supporter even called him a “gladiator”. They asked their followers to describe Fabinho in one word, and there were plenty of glowing appraisals.

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They took to the social media platform to share their thoughts, and you can see some of the best comments below.

> Masterclass
>
> — Andrés Prieto 1988 (@AndresFPS1988) [May 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/AndresFPS1988/status/1262385492064194560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Monster
>
> — George Robertson (@Dode1978) [May 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/Dode1978/status/1262391651722498049?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Telescopic
>
> — jack miller (@jackjmill) [May 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/jackjmill/status/1262341450265755648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Vieiraesque
>
> — Geliog (@LFC365) [May 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/LFC365/status/1262341783574413312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Colossal
>
> — frank reagan (@frankfrance12) [May 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/frankfrance12/status/1262343023310114817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

> Gladiator
>
> — JAY DOUTCH LFC (@jaydoutch) [May 18, 2020](https://twitter.com/jaydoutch/status/1262345201621716992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

***Let us know what you think!***