Fabinho's Liverpool 'contract' revealed as new transfer signs fake paperwork in official photographs

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Standard Sport29 May 2018

There are surely few more exciting moments in the lengthy process of transferring from one club to another than finally putting pen to paper on that brand new contract.

Unfortunately for new Liverpool signing Fabinho there was something amis with the document he signed on Sunday after making his £43.7million switch from Monaco.

Though the Liverpool-branded paper read “Player Contract Agreement” at the top its content was little more than an old article from the club website.

Fabinho’s ‘contract’ read: “Jurgen Klopp looked ahead to Saturday's Champions League final with Real Madrid and declared: ‘We are here because we are Liverpool.’

Liverpool FC via Getty Images

“The Reds take on the Spanish side - the club who've won three of the last four finales of Europe's most prestigious competition - in Kiev as they aim to bring a remarkable continental journey to a stunning end.”

That Fabinho’s contract of employment is not a one-page A4 sheet should not surprise anyone and official terms with the Brazilian have already been agreed. He will formally become a Liverpool player on July 1.

Fabinho said of the move: “This is something that I always wanted – this is a giant of a team. The infrastructures of the club look exceptional.

“A football club of this size coming after my services, I didn’t have to think that much about coming over.

“I will try to create my own history at this football club. Hopefully, on a personal level, I’m able to win titles with this club."

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