Brazil midfielder Fabinho has signed a three-year deal with Saudi Arabian side Al-Ittihad after completing his move from Liverpool on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 29-year-old was left out of Liverpool’s pre-season squads for trips to Germany and Singapore after Al-Ittihad made a \u00a340 million ($51 million) bid for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He will join Karim Benzema and N’Golo Kante at Al-Ittihad, one of four Saudi clubs controlled by the Gulf state’s sovereign wealth fund.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fabinho joined Liverpool from Monaco in 2018 and made 219 appearances for the Reds, winning the Champions League, Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup and Club World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Today I leave my home. It’s been five years wearing this jersey and always with the greatest honor and happiness possible,” Fabinho wrote on Twitter, which is being rebranded as X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Since day one at Liverpool, I’ve been embraced by everyone,” he added. “In these five years, I grew as a player, as a man, I made dreams come true… With that jersey, I won every title a player can dream of.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His departure comes after Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson ended his 12-year stay at Anfield last week, moving to Saudi Arabia to play for Al-Ettifaq, who are coached by Steven Gerrard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fabinho’s compatriot Roberto Firmino left Merseyside to sign for Al-Ahli earlier this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has also seen midfielders Naby Keita, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and James Milner depart on free transfers since the end of last season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But the club have reinforced that area of the field with the signings of Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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