Fábio Carvalho has hit back at RB Leipzig after the club’s sporting director suggested he wasn’t up for the challenge in Germany.

The 21-year-old has rediscovered some of his form after a difficult spell in Leipzig earlier in the season.

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Carvalho played just 360 minutes of action while with the Bundesliga side, and found himself dropping down the pecking order despite Leipzig having wanted to sign him permanently, only for Liverpool to show no interest in letting him go.

“I feel like I’m making up for lost time,” Carvalho told the ECHO about his spell at Hull.

That’s what I’m trying to do.

“Obviously they (RB Leipzig) were very keen on it.

That’s all I have to say on it.

“If I’m being honest with you, I don’t think I got a clear chance or as many chances as other players did.

But now I’m here and this is what I’m focussed on.”

Carvalho also responded to Leipzig sporting director Rouven Schröder’s suggestion that he hadn’t been up for the battle in the Bundesliga.

It just doesn’t really make sense what their sporting director said because they tried to do everything to keep me, so that doesn’t really make sense.”

Liverpool.com says: It was rather strange from Leipzig that they didn’t give Carvalho more opportunities, considering how hard they pushed for his signing last summer.